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@eltonmiguel5359

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I love the Pursuit of Happyness now do Ali MsMojo

@eltonmiguel5359

3 жыл бұрын

Pierre Buie II yeah it a good movie and one of the examples of being a great dad

@Rashad_704

3 жыл бұрын

From homeless to filmmaker true story

This film made me cry and want to hug Chris Gardner. The man had been through hell, thankfully he achieved.

@trinaq

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he went through the wringer, but at least he succeeded, and got through the other side! 💯

@keenenmayfield6236

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@LucyLioness100

3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how driven he was to provide a better life for himself and his son

@UltimateGamer34

3 жыл бұрын

I saw Chris do a speech at my high school

@corywilliams9338

3 жыл бұрын

When my son was first born I had a picture of will smith sleeping in the bathroom with his son as motivation cause I was struggling when my son was born

The public bathroom scene broke my heart esp when he tried to cover his son ears.

@user-og9nl5mt1b

3 жыл бұрын

This remind me of my uncle , who also slept in toilets and he is dead now

@bobthebuilder480

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-og9nl5mt1b Sorry for your loss may he Rest in Peace

@babythotloso4327

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobthebuilder480 piss*

@manhar89

3 жыл бұрын

Should ve gone for the nose

@snehathapa584

2 жыл бұрын

@@babythotloso4327 pls

Let's be honest, Will Smith and Jaden Smith were amazing in this movie. Better than what they did in After Earth

@trinaq

3 жыл бұрын

Totally, they should have just stuck with this movie, rather than trying to star in an icky Sci Fi/Dystopian flick! 😅

@LucyLioness100

3 жыл бұрын

That film is an exercise in egos running wild

@JohnDemetriou

3 жыл бұрын

I think that movie was fucked by Shyamalan

@fartunl9135

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDemetriou whos that

@hoodiemar8309

3 жыл бұрын

after earth wasn’t their fault 😭 it was just bad writing

The fact that Will Smith was not nominated for an Oscar for this film is just criminal

@koreancanuck

3 жыл бұрын

He was Oscar nominated for his performance in this for Best actor. He didn’t win though. But you’re right. It would be totally criminal if he wasn’t nominated for this movie. I think this was the best performance he has ever done in a film.

@aeriellmoore3030

2 жыл бұрын

I mean.. are we really confused ?! Or surprised ?

@forpc9175

2 жыл бұрын

@@aeriellmoore3030 lmaooo

@mikejulz87

2 жыл бұрын

He was nominated for this role

@fredeezee8379

2 жыл бұрын

What a slap in the face…

I've seen Chris Gardner speak on stage, he said his son was an infant during this time. They made his son older in the movie for more dialog and so Will Smith's son could be in the movie.

@common_raj

2 жыл бұрын

But his son acted so well

@laurahuynh8333

Жыл бұрын

Chris Gardner also had a second child, a daughter, a few years after his son.

@kevb6597

Жыл бұрын

14 months old

Still can't believe Will Smith didn't get an Oscar

@neddyconstant5816

3 жыл бұрын

He should had Will had a powerful Performance in this movie. Time 4:18PM Wed 9/16/20

@RobertK1993

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he should have got it.

@CloroxBleach-dq8mr

3 жыл бұрын

@@neddyconstant5816 nah i’m better

@becpurcell6773

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@boop_9767

3 жыл бұрын

@@CloroxBleach-dq8mr Bruh-

This film motivates me and makes me cry at the same time. I also know what it’s like to be homeless. My mom lost her job back in 2008 when I was 12 and we were homeless for over a year.

@Petroglyph1

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I have been homeless, gone without food some from lack of money, and feel like it's just common sense to make sure everyone has shelter, food, education, and medical care . All that being said, desperation has driven me to some pretty strong 💡 innovations. What do we tell people who argue that covering basics would destroy motivation? (I think that the vast majority of big innovative companies were founded by people who had reasonably secure childhoods, but 🤷 the dramatic "up from nothing" stories are more exciting than, "I had nothing, I scrimped, had to work very hard, Mummy and Daddy had to cosign a loan for me to get my first food truck." etc...ya know???!!!)

@methewho7040

2 жыл бұрын

omg this breaks my heart how are you today and how is your mother? much respect for all the parents going trough his hardship and still taking care of their kids. Much love for you and your mother❤️

this movie just hits different when youve gone trough something like this yourself it makes you feel the character differently

@beautifulaffliction1742

3 жыл бұрын

Dani exactly

@SpongebobsRippedPant

3 жыл бұрын

This x 1000. I actually only just started watching this movie today because I just got out of the worst rock bottom situation I've ever hit in my entire life. I was jobless and homeless for the first time 5 months ago. I stayed in shelters when I could and parks or couch surfed other nights. Without a doubt the worst part of my situation was not getting any sleep majority of the time. Covid really fucked me over when I lost my job and I just couldn't get a leg up. So many rejections from every company and slowly running out of money, I honestly thought I'd never have anything ever again. But one day someone said to me, you've got nothing else to lose...just keep going on that path and eventually you'll get something. 2 weeks after that encounter I found work with great pay and that helped me get on my feet to move into an apartment. I've been in my own place for 5 weeks now and its been the best I've felt in a very long time! Just goes to show persistence becomes perseverance. If Gardner done it, anyone can. It's the strength of your will and your mind. 🙏🏽

@jdobbs5957

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpongebobsRippedPant I felt like I was reading part of my own story for a second. Only my situation was back in 2013-2014. I also came up, worked my way through college, ended up placing 5th nationally in juco track & field nationals for the decathlon, eventually graduated a few years ago, and am now a teacher and coach. I remember seeing this movie with my dad when it came out my freshman year of high school right before a basketball game and we were both tearing up at that one scene. It’s been my favorite movie of all time since because of the perseverance and determination to succeed. I’ve always been pretty optimistic and that’s what I take away from this film. Happy for you as well!

@Leadeshipcoach

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! My aunt had this movie on DVD. My family was going through a hard time financially … went through bankruptcy, lost our home- … I just couldn’t watch it… especially after my aunt told me it was quite some time before he got to the “happyness”. During that period of my life I didn’t need sad stories…. but I can watch it now ( life is so much better😊🙌)

@carleisaid

2 жыл бұрын

So true

My dad went to high school with Chris Gardner (Washington High School in Milwaukee, WI). It was pretty cool for my dad to show me his high school yearbook and show me Gardner.

@JaZzYJR3

3 жыл бұрын

💯✊

Fun Facts: Will Smith's son in the movie was 5 or 6 years old boy played by his biological son Jaden. The real story, Chris Gardner's son was only 14 month old boy still in diapers. That changes everything. Think about it how hard it was for the real dad now.

This movie made me cry like a baby 😭

Has me in tears of frustration and heartache everytime I watch it. Also brings on a little PTSD over horrible back luck of my own. The fear of having no control, no power, not knowing where your next meal or bed is coming from. And that scene towards the end, the night before he finds out if he's successful I can absolutely identify. All that build up and the accumulative, agonising, paralysing pressure of those last few hours before he finds out. Jeez... This film touches more than a few nerves for me. I'm in OK circumstances now. But I have more than a few extra grey hairs and wrinkles. Will Smith and Thandie Newton should have both gotten Oscars.

Even with the liberties taken, this film contains Will Smith’s finest performance. Chris Gardner went through the wringer, but he never failed to give up on a better life. I hope the family is continuing to have a happier life

This film always inspire me. 🙏🏾

Will Smith acted his butt off in this movie.

The film literally made me cry. Huge huge respect for Chris Gardner for whatever he faced and came out of in his life❤️

I watched this movie with my 9 old son, without saying anything I saw tears rolling on his face. This movie is something else.

Well....in the movie Chris’s character was portrayed in a way that it seemed like he was a very intelligent, good man almost a superhero. While her wife was a totally bad person who actually just left her son forever with a broke father. It seemed quite unrealistic but thanks to this video lot of things got clear.

Will Smith's performance in this movie proves how great an actor he is.

@flightofthebumblebee9529

Жыл бұрын

He was, and even his son was great too. I wish they kept the story more realistic to what happened but it's still great.

I cried even watching this ... that's how much I'm emotional toward this movie

I’m glad they clarified that his son was a baby. I do like the movie but all that emotional stress that kid went through was a lot for a little kid. Outside of that I do like the movie

One of my favourite biopics of all time! 😍 Chris and Jaden play perfectly off of each other, in part thanks to their real life relation! 💯❣️

Film or Reality, Chris's story is just one big gut-punch

This film touched my heart and really motivated me to do anything in life no matter the struggles . Real masterpiece

I love how symbolic when he fixed the light in that mobile medical equipment.. Like hope.

@patreanroche9112

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was.

I have looked at the comments on the bathroom scene and yes it made me feel much of the same way as others who have expressed themselves here. I actually had the privilege of meeting Chris Gardner at a motivational speaking convention which had Lou Holtz, Steve Forbes among many others. What he told us about the bathroom scene was even more incredible and it shook me to my very core as a man. When asked if most of what was in the movie was true Chris replied "Yeah mostly but remember the bathroom scene? Now they cast my son at 5-6 years old when in reality he was just 10 months old (Memory is a bit foggy as this was in 2011 so it may have been 18 months either way very young)." Now I had been homeless for 3 years when I was very young and it was hard on so many fronts. Your self worth comes into question, Confidence and hope start to go away and it is probably the most depressing and humilating event one can go through but I was alone and not with a child especially one that young. I do have children of my own now (very proud of all 5) so it was gut wrenching to learn that and although I had so much respect of what Chris accomplished it literally took me to another level when I heard that. I literally stepped out into the corridors to catch myself after he spoke. He spoke on many things that were very interesting and thought provoking before mentionign his son's age. Truly blessed to get insight from this truly remarkable person.

Trading is the hardest easiest thing I am presently doing...being a broker must not be a piece of cake , series 6, etc, I forgot that Chris' profession was a broker. This movie-Smith's portrayal and the real story, always got to me . So happy he did well, bless Mr Gardner, he is inspirational aside from the material blessing/wealth

@darbyheavey406

Жыл бұрын

Most brokers get through the training portion but 98% of Series 6 holders are out off the industry within two years.

@312Freecity

6 ай бұрын

@@darbyheavey406why do they usually leave the industry?

Holy crap that movie is amazing!!!!!! I just finished watching it and it has inspired me and made me cry 😭 like a baby

I remember when 20/20 did Chris Gardener’s story. From what I heard. Will Smith was also watching and decided it needed to be a movie. I believe the actual Chris Jr. was an infant during the story and doesn’t recall most what happened.

This film is acc one of my favourites so underrated man

@thalapathysakthidharan391

3 жыл бұрын

It is well recognised and respected bro

@georgiaoliviia

3 жыл бұрын

Thalapathy sakthidharan nah I know many people that don’t know this when I get asked favourite films many people don’t know it

Read the book as well. Chris life is truly extraordinary

So what if Chris Gardener got a bit physical with his wife, we all make some mistakes, doesnt make him a bad person in general, sometimes in certain situations and circumstances things get out of hand and become uncontrollable, im sure he wasnt an abusive person, he could ve let his son be taken by jackie, but he wanted to be there for him, i swear this is a rare thing in our society and fathers in general are already villainized by the mainstream media in general. My dad and my mom once fought, but my dad took care of my mom for 3 years when she was in coma and after she died, he still cries in his sleep cause she died and he couldnt save her, he even sleepwalks to this day thinking that mom might be in the enxt room and that its hot and if he opens the door my mom wouldnt feel oht, but then wakes up and realizes she died a long time ago. Think about it, we all make mistakes in our lives, doesnt make us irredeemable for life, he already went through so much in his life, and im sure his son must be proud that he was there for him and proved to be a responsible and a good parent. Im not saying that getting physical withvyour partner is a good thing, but sometimes certain things we dont intend to happen can happen, before you judge, learn to understand about the person more and be objective.

@pranalisarpotdar8203

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know, and btw, I'm sry for ur loss man 😭

@nizacerise4042

3 жыл бұрын

When you go through all that trouble and with all the stress, you have an unsportive persom besides you, you get to tge edge. He might have been physical with his wife, but was she verbally abusive. I mean, i am a women, but sometimes, the law overprotect the female forgetting that Mens are human beings as well.

@snaggletooth5844

3 жыл бұрын

@@nizacerise4042 Biaeses and double standards eh

@koolaiddudeawesome9850

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about your mom 😔

@rochuolmos

3 ай бұрын

He didn't take care of the child properly until he got financially settled...... Idk what you're talking about

I remember seeing this movie in my English class in high school. This was some deep deep deep shat. Very sad....esp that bathroom scene 😢😢.

@iissquiggles2496

3 жыл бұрын

Shat?

No words to say such a nice film good conversation about father and a son well appreciated

I’ve watch the pursuit of happiness a countless number of times and I never new that it was based off a true story lol

@emanomer2288

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@koolaiddudeawesome9850

3 жыл бұрын

I mean in the start of the movie it did say that it was inspired on true story

Only saw the movie few days back like after 14 years. This film was always in my 'to watch list' after hearing all people say it was a pretty good movie. But I never brought myself to watch it. I'm saying this I really don't know why I didn't watch it before. The film was awesome and Will Smith and Jaden Smith did an excellent work. I'm not a type of person who would easily cry but I did.

The reason he got arrested was because his neighbors called the cops on him in an argument and the cops ran his license plate through the system and saw he had unpaid parking tickets

The movie was brilliant and so Chris Gardners life. Will S. Did actually nailed it on this film same w/ his real life Son Jaden. I can relate so much with this, all the circumstances 😥 as I'm a father myself. Bravo 😉👌

i thought number 1 was gonna be Chris jr's age he's 5 in the movie and was 14 months old in real life

Saw it at the school theater by our history teacher that'd teach us outside the books and would hold class in the theater because we liked the comfortable chairs. Dude liked to travel and had visited a bunch of places around the world. Maybe he didn't have a teaching degree but we learned a lot and he was the assistant of our history teacher.

The fact that there are almost no men's shelters is crazy

So, it's not a documentary. Great movie! Thanks for the info.

I watch this movie before I saw the struggle of him and his family and for some reason I want an ending where at least I can see his son enjoying a good life. I know they are having a good life but still I wanna see it.

Love how this movie grorify a "dream job" more than family or your own health, and it was not about him doing sacrifases to get a job he loves doing, it's just about money, really sad

@fruitcanyon5001

3 ай бұрын

Tf you on about?

the bone scanner thing as the catalyst for his situation is odd and wasn't needed imo, but I think the other liberalities mentioned make sense

So his story is even darker in real life. He was morally broken as well as financially broken by beating his wife at one point.

@Petroglyph1

3 жыл бұрын

Beating his wife? She said he got physical, that could have been nothing more than what they showed in the movie, him grabbing her shoulder, etc...could even have left a bruise...not okay, but more of an urgent need for mediated conversation, not evidence of him being "morally broken". He was not convicted of domestic assault....he probably would have been if he had beaten her, since the judge already had him, and kept him in jail ten days for parking tickets. (Probably as a warning ⚠️) I have intervened and stopped domestic assaults, which is extremely dangerous, the victim and attacker are often both drunk, and the victim can go from "Heeelp!, HEEEELLLP!!!" to "Don't you lay a hand on my man!" and you're suddenly under attack from two...it's usually people acting out the effects of multigenerational trauma....I am not dismissive of domestic violence, but you're smearing the guy as a wife beater, when there's no evidence or even accusation that it was any severe violence, or much less a recurring pattern.

@cockroachv

3 жыл бұрын

@@Petroglyph1 I’m not judging him at all. I’m saying IF he was a wife beater, then he also has to carry that sin as well as being financially broken. He very well might not be.

And not fair on the portrayal of Chris's wife... when she did in part still help? The thing is, when films change the nature of our heroes and lie about them wish such as the arrest for domestic abuse of his wife... then it paints a false picture, and we don't allow people the compassion they deserve who may also be our future heroes?

One of my favorite films of all time. Can't stop watching it.

This movie came out when I was in the 6th grade and it was the first movie that made me cry

Will Smith not getting an Oscar for this amazing film and Abel Makkonen Tesfaye ( The Weeknd) not getting invited for the Grammys are the two most unfair happenings in award ceremonies, according to me.

very very inspiring great list great job mis mojo one of my very favorite list ever the pursuit of happiness is one of the most unbelievable true storys ever will Smith and his son both give great performances it is must see true story

@justineves3588

3 жыл бұрын

thank you a lot for like my comment a lot of your videos are great and fun to watch please keep up the great job

This is a good movie I remember my teacher called the DVD that showed us to us kids in high school as a perspective on life project .

Deck those halls trim those trees raise some cups of Christmas cheer I just need to catch my breath Christmas by myself this year, sorry Christmas wrapping was stuck in my head

@annafowdy

3 жыл бұрын

You're probably right, though.

Great video

One of my THE favourite movies of all time

i had saw half of the movie and never finish watching it this movie was very sad and inspiring

Well that's why this movie's script is perfect in so many way.

No one really talks about how his wife switched on him when things got rough,,.. SAD scene there on G

@ninalink88

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, he left her... Gardner's wife's name wasn't Linda. It was said that Linda was actually a depiction of two women that Gardner had been with in the past: Sherry and Jackie. Sherry was the first wife of Gardner where shortly after the marriage, Gardner cheated on her with a neighbor down the street, Jackie. Gardner felt he was giving up his innate sexual ways when he married Sherry. He discovered that he could be intimate with Jackie, the way he liked it, so Gardner eventually left Sherry for Jackie because of the physical intimacy he and Jackie were having, but also because he found out that Jackie was pregnant with his son, Chris Jr. who was born in 1981. Btw, he was arrested for domestic abuse against his Wife, and he was a drug dealer during his relationship with Sherry. They used to be drugged the whole time. google it.

@bethelmenil8786

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninalink88 true, this fact ruin my thinking about Gardner, not the movie by the way.

@godcentricimagery1581

2 жыл бұрын

Shows how people change and redemption. Also show to make an entertaining movie that elevates one's character certain things have to be left out. Like the wife not telling him where the son is and result of his domestic abuse. And that was BEFORE metoo. To put that in the movie would be suicide, you'd ray rice yourself. that's why Dre didn't get too graphic in straight outta Compton, Bobby changed details about him robie and whitney fights and good thing jayz didn't even try to defend himself against Solange. had he even pushed her or grabbed her wrists his career would be over

@vsync

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethelmenil8786 people aren't all one thing... we all have flaws and weaknesses but strengths too

I read the book. Completely different but this correct.

I wish they used the real story instead of dressing it up. The real story was interesting enough.

This movie just kept on making me cry

I cry every time & being a San Franciscan I enjoy this movie even more never gets old Will Smith’s best performance in my opinion

I watched this 2 weeks ago & it made me so emotional 😭💔

Will Smith should have 2 Oscars for Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness, but the academy picked Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker instead, I mean What the hell

Chris Gardner is at my school rn in an online class and now I just found out that Will Smith played him in a movie😳

@Petroglyph1

3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

I saw that movie with my family as a child

One more fact that the movie got wrong was the age of Chris' son. He was more of a toddler in real life, but the writers changed his age so that his movie son could have lines to say.

This is the most saddest movie in America

Interesting, and now Phantom Blade 0 is coming out.

I saw an interview once, where the real Chris Gardner actually said that he spent some days in jail for not having paid his tickets. He said that the police did go to his house after that big argument with his wife, but the reason he went to jail was because the police had run his license plate in the system and had found out about all those unpaid tickets. Another thing Chris Gardner said is that his son was 14 months old by the time he was doing the internship at the firm, so i doubt his son might have been old enough to say that Chris was a good father in those days, but i imagine he might have said that (and more than one time) during his childhood.

I wonder if the rubik cube part and running out of the cab really happened

Every time I watch this I cry

Can you do a video about Chris gardener himself.

My favourite film ever !!!

@happysleepygrumpy

3 жыл бұрын

Mine tooooo

Judging from what I heard about will Smith's potential involvement with Django, the story/character changes in this movie were probably his idea.. dude hates realism.

I was totally expecting that Will Smith was gonna nail his first Oscar in this film! I got disappointed when Smith didn't make even for nomination for best actor!

The book is a powerful read.

Also Chris Jr. was 18 months old and not 5 years old as depicted in the movie.

How abt a spin off where Chris Gardner meets Jordan Belfort. That might turn the tables in either way .

The joke didn't happen, and he wasn't arrested, but the scene was perfectly accurate 😂 And you could've explained what actually caused his financial issues rather then saying it wasn't the bone scanner investment

One of the best movies ive ever watched

Did Chris Gardner go to the 49er game?

you missed the one where chris jr is actually a year old and in the movie he’s 5

My Favorite movie of all tym

My favorite movie!!!

One Smith best movies.

I really dont know why it didn't get oscar

i love this movie

The true story was amazing enough. They didn't have to Hollywoodize it.

His son was also 14months in real life. not 5

I could use a BONE SCANNER now that I'm in MENOPAUSE!!

I freaking love this movie

BART stations are not open all night, they close at midnight. So while you could sleep there, you couldn't sleep there all night.

I love this movie sm

Chris is the type of rich man I can respect. Not those shitty rich kids that grow up thinking they’re better than everyone. Rich men who had to struggle to get to where they are, not handed to them. That’s respectable

he fought for his son wow

He’s been through it

I'm tired watching him running all along the film

It's like when you tell a story and you add on it. That's what this is.