Saturday, March 3, 2007

The American Dream

In The year 1981, Chris Gardener (Will Smith) tried to make a living by selling bone scanner machines in San Francisco to doctors and medical centers. Although he is a natural born salesman, this African-American believes that he is destined for a better career. His wife Linda works at two jobs to help pay the bills, and they are behind on their rent. Their five-year old son, Christopher (smith’s son), goes to a day care center, and it bugs his dad that on the outside of the building, the term "the pursuit of happyness" is misspelled. He is convinced that these little details make all the difference in life. Because of the financial pressure Linda decided to take a job in a restaurant in New York and leave her husband and her son. The father and his son had struggled a lot they wind up sleeping in bathrooms and bus stations, but soon the drama had ended when Chris decided to achieve his American dream by enrolling in a risky unpaid internship program.
Will smith rich performance was very great and so his son. The movie was very emotional and it gives hope for a lot of people. I believe that this film teaches us a lesson that if you want something, go and get it. This film gave me hope that I can achieve what I want by hard work and belief in god. I left the movie thinking that people who are in Gardener situation cant do what he did. They can’t break the cycle of poverty. But this is the story of one man who really made it!

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