The Pursuit of Happyness- Movie tells that
no matter how hard you get pushed down, you should always get up and keep
going.
“I
met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. When I had children,
my children were going to know who their father was.” So Chris Gardner, an
earnest young salesman and father desperately struggling to make ends meet on
the hard streets of San Francisco. But his chosen vocation, peddling expensive
bone-density scanners that most physicians don’t want, has left him and those
he loves hovering on the edge of disaster.
Linda
pulls double shifts to stay within striking distance of solvency, all the while
Chris for his failure to accept. Linda’s negative may did not bring earnest
salesman love for his son.
Then
Linda leaves Chris and their son for a job in New York. Chris gets offered the
internship but its unpaid. Despite financial risk, Chris decides to go for it,
for better future for his and himself. Juggling internship and sales of bone
density scanner the rapid consumption of savings, which led to eviction from their
apartment and then from motel. Soon they are homeless, staying at city shelters
in nights and in public restrooms, got worse and worse.
As
his desperation increased, Chris clings to hope that his hard work will pay
off. Pursuit of a better life forges a powerful bond between son and father
that no misfortune can destroy.
In
this journey through the struggles and trails that single father, Chris has to
take, to see the real side of hard work and integrity. Chris, continued to pursuit
a job which will provide him one a good home and ultimately a happiness which
can be even for shortest possible time but it will give him happiness. This movie
does not show only the hard work of single parent, but it shows that no how
hard you get pushed down, you should always get up
and keep going.
The image shows the positivity is required
even if you are going through hard times and a smile can lighten up your day.
"You are a good papa." Those tender hearted words from Christopher to his father as they spend the night in a homeless shelter poignantly capture the essence of The Pursuit of Happyness. Chris isn't perfect, but one emtional scene after another clearly demonstrate his drive to protect and provide for his son.
Physical affection as hugs and kisses and emotional moments mark their relationship. Chris asked his son to trust him and Chris proves himself as a good father and he is worthy of trust.
Father and son imagine that Dad's bone-density machine is actually a time-travel device that takes them back to the time of the dinosaurs. Christopher gleefully joins in the father's story and stays a night in restroom. Dad holds the door with feet, and tears stream down his face as he watches his innocent son sleep on his lap.
Christopher tells his father a joke about a drowning man who kept praying to god to save him. the man refuses the boats as he says God will help him eventually he drowns then after he ides and asks God why didn't save me, God says i sent you two boats, you dummy.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Rating IMDb - 8/10
This movie is a must watch and will bring a positive difference in you.