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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh Page   1   B- "There's nothing new here, just a whole lot of the old dependable. The difference is that the old dependable is above average."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark B "This is Will Smith's triumph, and it's worth a look alone to see this tiresome actor in a role that requires a rare amount of patience from him."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf C- "This Sisyphean movie succeeds in portraying '80s era San Francisco as a deceptively appealing city with a flaky underbelly inhabited by desperate hippies and homeless people."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Of the many sad scenes in The Pursuit of Happyness, the saddest might be when Captain America is left behind."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...an overlong yet sporadically compelling drama..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/4 "A moving and heartfelt character-based drama with an unsentimental tone that makes the machinations of the plot all the more urgent and effective."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B+ "What The Pursuit of Happyness does better than most by-your-bootstraps films is to make us root for the protagonist as if he were our own flesh and blood."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Scientists will someday discover this screenplay is so benign it could probably be used to battle tumors, just not the Oprah crowd that it's going to be ragingly sold to"   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "When life hands you a script about a guy whom life hands lemons, make a bigger lemon."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A hard-pressed African-American single parent and his five-year old son struggle to survive and fulfill the American dream in San Francisco in 1981."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "How is it that movies 'inspired by a real story' often feel more fake than those fully embedded in the realm of fiction?"   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 8/10 "Click here to read review"   sumno.com   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 3/4 "Makes you work for its climax if not its message."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "One of those one-man-show movies, practically a vanity project, but Smith continues to employ his charisma and natural ability to earn empathy well."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 8/10 "[Smith's] brash, over-the-top persona practically dissolves."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "This movie runs 117 minutes, and about 116 of them are steeped in frustration and woe."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 4.5/5 "You may come out rebuking yourself for your laziness or your choices or your fatalism or your fears, but you will come out glad you saw this movie."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/5 "The character of Christ... er, I mean Chris Gardner gets beaten down so much - and has a complete absence of faults - that it's really unbelievable."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B+ "Italian director Gabriele Muccino ("L'Ultimo bacio") resists the urge to wring sap out of this story and is adept translating this American Dream tale to the screen."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford B "The Pursuit of Happyness is a feel-good film with plot conveniences that stack needless burdens on the main character, but it takes great care to show how difficult it can be to pull oneself up."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "Smith's charm, which he has used to great effect in everything from sitcoms to action movies, matures here onscreen. He's suddenly the new Tom Hanks..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/5 "The screenwriting 101 plot points tick off like clockwork, but Will Smith delivers a solid, likable performance that will likely result in an Oscar nomination."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 4/4 "An honest, intense look at the kind of day-to-day survival that too many Americans must contend with...This is absolutely one of my favorite movies of the year."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "Even the considerable charms of both Smith and the personable character he plays may not be enough to keep audiences from growing impatient to get to the good stuff."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "The Pursuit of Happyness expectedly suffers from Muccino's overstated handling of the material."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "Sem jamais tratar o papel como uma simples oportunidade de mostrar seu alcance dramático, Will Smith comove justamente por demonstrar o esforço de seu personagem para se conter em momentos de grande emoção."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2/5 "Seeing former cinema clowns like Robin Williams and Tom Hanks clutching sweet, sweet Oscar gold must have lit a fire under [Smith's] thespian aspirations..."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 2.5/5 "A true story told in a deeply heartwarming style: there's never any doubt where this film is going."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "Even the most superficially glossy of surfaces can't completely extinguish the genuine emotions running beneath them here."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick C+ "Arguably the most depressing inspirational movie of the year."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 3/4 "What seems like a departure for (Will) Smith actually fits comfortably with his heroic oeuvre."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Some people will see The Pursuit of Happyness as a glorification of capitalism, but the movie is much less about 'getting' than it is about 'not having.'"   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 8/10 "This optimistic, rags-to-riches, father/son relationship story becomes a heartwarming, inspirational holiday fable."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "A message that should bring tears to the eyes of The Man everywhere."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 64% Fresh Page   1