The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a dedicated family man who lives with his constantly double-shifting wife Linda (Tandiwe Newton) and their curious young son Christopher (Jaden Smith) but they are always in debt. He makes a living selling portable bone density scanners - that look a little like cat boxes - and they aren't exactly flying out the door. Then he espies Jay (Brian Howe) parking his bright red sports car and asks just how he got it. He's a stockbroker, is the reply, and anyone can do it if you've the gift of the gab and an head for figures. He declares to Linda that this is now his goal. She packs her stuff and takes their son elsewhere - he hasn't an hope in hell of becoming a stockbroker! Well initially that would appear to be true, but now taking the young lad to live with him and sleeping in a combination of homeless hostels and very cheap hotels he sets about ingratiating himself with Jay. His solving of a troublesome Rubik's Cube puzzle might just have helped as he is given an opportunity to join a salary-free internship at his company - but aside from the nine-to-five grind in his suit, he is still having to sell his machine to make some cash and keep some sort of ro