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'{{short description|2006 film by Gabriele Muccino}} {{Other uses|The Pursuit of Happiness (disambiguation){{!}}The Pursuit of Happiness}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = The Pursuit of Happyness | image = poster-pursuithappyness.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Gabriele Muccino]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Will Smith]]|[[Todd Black]]|[[Jason Blumenthal]]|[[James Lassiter]]|[[Steve Tisch]]|[[Devon Franklin]]}} | screenplay = [[Steven Conrad]] | based_on = {{based on|''The Pursuit of Happyness''|[[Chris Gardner]]<br />[[Quincy Troupe]]}} | starring = {{ubl|Will Smith||[[Thandiwe Newton]]||[[Jaden Smith]]}} | music = [[Andrea Guerra (composer)|Andrea Guerra]] | cinematography = [[Phedon Papamichael]] | editing = [[Hughes Winborne]] | studio = {{ubl|[[Columbia Pictures]]|[[Relativity Media]]|[[Overbrook Entertainment]]|[[Escape Artists]]}} | distributor = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] | released = {{Film date|2006|12|15}} | runtime = 117 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $55 million<ref name="BOM">{{Cite web |title=The Pursuit of Happyness |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1349158401/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901033111/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pursuitofhappyness.htm |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> | gross = $307.1 million<ref name="BOM" /> }} '''''The Pursuit of {{notatypo|Happy|ness}}''''' is a 2006 American [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Gabriele Muccino]] and starring [[Will Smith]] as [[Chris Gardner]], a homeless salesman. Smith's son [[Jaden Smith]] co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son, Christopher Jr. The screenplay by [[Steven Conrad]] is based on the best-selling 2006 memoir of the same name written by Gardner with [[Quincy Troupe]]. It is based on Gardner's nearly one-year struggle being homeless.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pfeiffer |first=Antonia |title="The Pursuit of Happyness"&nbsp;– A Hollywood Interpretation Of How To Achieve The American Dream |year=2018 |pages=7}}</ref> The unusual spelling of the film's title comes from a mural that Gardner sees on the wall outside the daycare facility his son attended. The movie is set in San Francisco in 1981. The film was released on December 15, 2006, by [[Columbia Pictures]], and received positive reviews, with Smith's performance and the emotional weight of the story garnering acclaim. Smith was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] and a [[Golden Globe]] for Best Actor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=2016-01-21 |title=Will Smith Says He Won't Attend Oscars |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/will-smith-oscars-diversity-protest-nominations-1201684878/ |url-status=live |access-date=2018-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174430/https://variety.com/2016/film/news/will-smith-oscars-diversity-protest-nominations-1201684878/ |archive-date=August 30, 2018}}</ref> == Plot == In 1981, [[San Francisco]] salesman [[Chris Gardner]] invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy improvement over standard X-rays. The scanners play a vital role in Chris's life. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrages his bitter and estranged wife, Linda, who works as a hotel maid. The economic instability increasingly erodes their marriage, despite caring for Christopher Jr., their soon-to-be 5-year-old son. While Chris is trying to sell one of the scanners, he meets Jay Twistle, a lead manager and partner for [[Dean Witter Reynolds]] and impresses him by solving a [[Rubik's Cube]] during a taxi ride. After Jay leaves, Chris lacks the money to pay the fare and chooses to run instead, causing the driver to angrily chase him into a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]] station. Chris boards a train but loses one of his scanners in the process. However, Chris's new relationship with Jay earns him an interview to become an intern stockbroker. The day before the interview, Chris grudgingly agrees to paint his apartment to postpone being evicted due to his difficulty in paying the rent. While painting, Chris is greeted by two policemen at his doorstep, who take him to the police station, stating that Chris has to pay for numerous parking tickets he has accumulated. As part of the sanction, Chris is ordered to spend the night in jail instead, complicating his schedule for the interview the next day. Chris narrowly arrives at Dean Witter's office on time, albeit still in shabby clothes, covered in paint. Despite his appearance, Chris still manages to impress the interviewers and lands a six-month unpaid internship. He is among 20 interns competing for a paid position as a stockbroker. A possible position at her sister's boyfriend's restaurant tempts Linda to leave for New York. With regret, she leaves Christopher in Chris's care. But Chris's financial problems get worse when his account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid taxes, which forces them to move out. Chris ends up with $21.33 in his bank account, resulting in him and Christopher being homeless, and they are forced at one point to stay in a restroom at a BART station. Other days, they spend nights at a homeless shelter, in BART, or, if Chris manages to procure sufficient cash, at a hotel. Later, Chris finds the bone scanner that he lost in the BART station earlier. However, Chris found it damaged, yet he still manages to repair it by selling his own blood for money availability and after that sells it to a physician, thus completing all sales of his scanners. Disadvantaged by his limited work hours and knowing that maximizing his client contacts and profits is the only way to earn the broker position, Chris develops several ways to make sales calls more efficiently, including reaching out to potential high-value customers and defying protocol. One sympathetic prospect, Walter Ribbon, a top-level pension fund manager, even takes Chris and Christopher to a [[San Francisco 49ers]] game, where Chris befriends some of Mr. Ribbon's friends, who are also potential clients. Regardless of his challenges, Chris never reveals his lowly circumstances to his colleagues, even going so far as to lend one of his supervisors, Mr. Frohm, five dollars for cab fare, a sum that Chris cannot afford. He also studies for and aces the [[Series 7 exam|stockbroker license exam]]. As Chris concludes his last day of internship, he is summoned to a meeting with the partners. Mr. Frohm notes that Chris is wearing a nice shirt, to which Chris explains he thought it appropriate to dress for the occasion on his last day. Mr. Frohm thanks him and says Chris should wear another one the following day, letting Chris know that he has won the coveted full-time position and reimburses Chris for the previous cab ride. Fighting back tears, he shakes hands with the partners, then rushes to Christopher's daycare to embrace him. They walk down a street and joke with each other (and are passed by the real Chris Gardner, in a business suit). An epilogue reveals that Gardner went on to form his own multimillion-dollar brokerage firm in 1987, and Gardner sold a minority stake in his brokerage firm in a multi-million-dollar deal in 2006. == Cast == * [[Will Smith]] as [[Chris Gardner]] * [[Jaden Smith]] (credited as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) as Christopher Gardner Jr. * [[Thandiwe Newton]] (credited as Thandie Newton) as Linda Gardner * [[Brian Howe (actor)|Brian Howe]] as Jay Twistle * [[James Karen]] as Martin Frohm * [[Dan Castellaneta]] as Alan Frakesh * [[Kurt Fuller]] as Walter Ribbon * [[Takayo Fischer]] as Mrs. Chu * [[Mark Christopher Lawrence]] as Wayne * [[Chris Gardner]] as Walking Man in Business Suit (uncredited) == Production == [[File:Chrisgardner.jpg|thumb|The film is based on the story of [[Chris Gardner]]'s struggle with homelessness.]] === Development === [[Chris Gardner]] realized his story had Hollywood potential after an overwhelming national response to an interview he did with ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'' in January 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zwecker |first=Bill |date=July 17, 2003 |title=There's a Way—and Maybe a Will—for Gardner Story |page=36 |work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> Gardner published his autobiography on May 23, 2006, and later became an associate producer for the film. In order to create dramatic impact, the film artistically altered Gardner's life story by compressing several years' worth of events into a shorter period of time. Even though Jaden Smith played Gardner's son younger than he actually was, this decision deepened the story. Gardner's tiny, uncredited cameo at the very end touchedly recognized the story's veracity by acknowledging his real-life presence. === Casting === Chris Gardner initially thought Smith, an actor best known for his performances in blockbuster films, was miscast to play him. However, Gardner claimed his daughter Jacintha said, "If [Smith] can play [[Muhammad Ali]], he can play you!", referring to Smith's role in the biopic ''[[Ali (film)|Ali]]'' (2001).<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 14, 2006|title=Smith's Real Life Role Model Unimpressed With His Stardom|work=[[Contactmusic.com]]|url=http://www.contactmusic.net/will-smith/news/smiths-real-life-role-model-unimpressed-with-his-stardom_1016502|url-status=dead|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514213903/http://www.contactmusic.net/will-smith/news/smiths-real-life-role-model-unimpressed-with-his-stardom_1016502|archive-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> === Music === [[Varèse Sarabande]] released a soundtrack album with the score composed by [[Andrea Guerra (composer)|Andrea Guerra]] on January 9, 2007. {{Track listing | total_length = 40:00 | title1 = Opening | length1 = 3:09 | title2 = Being Stupid | length2 = 1:39 | title3 = Running | length3 = 1:30 | title4 = Trouble at Home | length4 = 1:30 | title5 = Rubiks Cube Taxi | length5 = 1:53 | title6 = Park Chase | length6 = 2:29 | title7 = Linda Leaves | length7 = 4:02 | title8 = Night at Police Station | length8 = 1:36 | title9 = Possibly | length9 = 1:45 | title10 = Where's My Shoe | length10 = 4:20 | title11 = To the Game/Touchdown | length11 = 1:37 | title12 = Locked Out | length12 = 2:20 | title13 = Dinosaurs | length13 = 2:40 | title14 = Homeless | length14 = 1:55 | title15 = Happyness | length15 = 3:50 | title16 = Welcome Chris | length16 = 3:45 }} Also in the film are brief portions of "[[Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)|Higher Ground]]" and "Jesus Children of America", both sung by [[Stevie Wonder]], and "Lord, Don't Move the Mountain" by [[Mahalia Jackson]] and [[Doris Akers]], sung by the [[Glide Memorial Church|Glide Ensemble]]. == Release == === Box office === The film debuted first at the North American box office, earning $27 million during its opening weekend and beating out heavily promoted films such as ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]'' and ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]''. It was Smith's sixth consecutive #1 opening and one of his consecutive $100 million blockbusters. The film grossed $163,566,459 domestically in the US and Canada. In the hope that Gardner's story would inspire the down-trodden citizens of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], to achieve financial independence and to take greater responsibility for the welfare of their families, the mayor of Chattanooga organized a viewing of the film for the city's homeless.<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Associated Press State & Local Wire |date=December 15, 2006 |title=News briefs from around Tennessee |pages=788 words |publisher=AP Newswire}}</ref> Gardner himself felt that it was imperative to share his story for the sake of its widespread social issues. "When I talk about alcoholism in the household, domestic violence, child abuse, illiteracy, and all of those issues—those are universal issues; those are not just confined to [[ZIP code]]s," he said.<ref name="CNN">{{Cite news |last=Gandossy |first=Taylor |date=January 16, 1222 |title=From sleeping on the streets to Wall Street |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/12/15/paycheckaway.gardner/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101144158/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/12/15/paycheckaway.gardner/index.html |archive-date=January 1, 2007}}</ref> === Home media === The film was released on DVD on March 27, 2007, and as of November 2007, [[DVD region code#1|ADCCA&nbsp;– RPC Region 1]] DVD sales (U.S./Canada/Bermuda) accounted for an additional $89,923,088 in revenue, slightly less than half of what was earned in its first week of release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''The Pursuit of Happyness''|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Pursuit-of-Happyness-The |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611123226/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/PRHAP.php |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |publisher=The Numbers}}</ref> About 5,570,577 units have been sold, bringing in $90,582,602 in revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pursuit of Happyness&nbsp;– DVD Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Pursuit-of-Happyness-The#tab=video-sales |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611134114/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/PRHAP-DVD.php |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2011 |publisher=The Numbers}}</ref> == Reception == === Critical response === The film received a generally positive response from critics, with Will Smith receiving widespread acclaim for his performance. Film review site [[Rotten Tomatoes]] calculated a 67% overall approval based on 177 reviews, with an average rating of 6.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Will Smith's heartfelt performance elevates ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' above mere melodrama."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pursuit of Happyness Movie Reviews, Pictures |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pursuit_of_happyness/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014075947/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pursuit_of_happyness |archive-date=October 14, 2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pursuit of Happyness |website=[[Metacritic]] |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-pursuit-of-happyness |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714123356/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-pursuit-of-happyness |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> In the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', [[Mick LaSalle]] observed, "The great surprise of the picture is that it's not corny ... The beauty of the film is its honesty. In its outlines, it's nothing like the usual success story depicted on-screen, in which, after a reasonable interval of disappointment, success arrives wrapped in a ribbon and a bow. Instead, this success story follows the pattern most common in life—it chronicles a series of soul-sickening failures and defeats, missed opportunities, sure things that didn't quite happen, all of which are accompanied by a concomitant accretion of barely perceptible victories that gradually amount to something. In other words, it all feels real."<ref>{{Cite web |first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=December 15, 2006 |title=MOVIE REVIEWS / Down and out in San Francisco, but on a path paved with gold |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/MOVIE-REVIEWS-Down-and-out-in-San-Francisco-2543020.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212202714/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/MOVIE-REVIEWS-Down-and-out-in-San-Francisco-2543020.php |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "a [[fairy tale]] in [[Realism (arts)|realist]] [[Drag (clothing)|drag]] ... the kind of entertainment that goes down smoothly until it gets stuck in your [[Crop (anatomy)|craw]] ... It's the same old bootstraps story, an American dream artfully told, skillfully sold. To that calculated end, the filmmaking is seamless, unadorned, transparent, the better to serve Mr. Smith's warm expressiveness ... How you respond to this man's moving story may depend on whether you find Mr. Smith's and his son's performances so overwhelmingly winning that you buy the idea that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices, and success the result of heroic toil and dreams."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=December 15, 2006 |title=''New York Times'' review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/movies/15happ.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313192135/http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/movies/15happ.html |archive-date=March 13, 2010 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' awarded the film three out of a possible four stars and commented, "Smith is on the march toward Oscar ... [His] role needs gravity, smarts, charm, humor and a soul that's not synthetic. Smith brings it. He's the real deal."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |title=The Pursuit of Happyness |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-pursuit-of-happyness-114976/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 6, 2022 |date=December 15, 2006}}</ref> In ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Brian Lowry said the film "is more inspirational than creatively inspired—imbued with the kind of uplifting, afterschool-special qualities that can trigger a major toothache ... Smith's heartfelt performance is easy to admire. But the movie's painfully earnest tone should skew its appeal to the portion of the audience that, admittedly, has catapulted many cloying TV movies into hits ... In the final accounting, [it] winds up being a little like the determined salesman Mr. Gardner himself: easy to root for, certainly, but not that much fun to spend time with."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=December 7, 2006 |title=The Pursuit of Happyness |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/the-pursuit-of-happyness-2-1200511628/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204164027/https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/the-pursuit-of-happyness-2-1200511628/|archive-date=February 4, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Kevin Crust of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated, "Dramatically it lacks the layering of a ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'', which it superficially resembles ... Though the subject matter is serious, the film itself is rather slight, and it relies on the actor to give it any energy. Even in a more modest register, Smith is a very appealing leading man, and he makes Gardner's plight compelling ... ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' is an unexceptional film with exceptional performances ... There are worse ways to spend the holidays, and, at the least, it will likely make you appreciate your own circumstances."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=January 26, 2011 |title=A marathon runner on life's obstacle course|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-15-et-pursuit15-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205022954/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-15-et-pursuit15-story.html |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In the ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'', Steve Persall graded the film B− and added, "[It] is the obligatory feel-good drama of the holiday season and takes that responsibility a bit too seriously ... the film lays so many obstacles and solutions before its resilient hero that the volume of sentimentality and coincidence makes it feel suspect ... Neither Conrad's script nor Muccino's redundant direction shows [what] lifted the real-life Chris above better educated and more experienced candidates, but it comes through in the earnest performances of the two Smiths. Father Will seldom comes across this mature on screen; at the finale, he achieves a measure of Oscar-worthy emotion. Little Jaden is a chip off the old block, uncommonly at ease before the cameras. Their real-life bond is an inestimable asset to the on-screen characters' relationship, although Conrad never really tests it with any conflict."<ref>{{Cite web |title='Happyness' takes it easy |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/14/Weekend/_Happyness__takes_it_.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132635/http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/14/Weekend/_Happyness__takes_it_.shtml |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=St Petersburg Times}}</ref> ''[[National Review Online]]'' has named the film #7 in its list of 'The Best Conservative Movies'. [[Linda Chavez]] of the [[Center for Equal Opportunity]] wrote, "this film provides the perfect antidote to Wall Street and other Hollywood diatribes depicting the world of finance as filled with nothing but greed."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Miller |first=John |date=February 23, 2009 |title=The Best Conservative Movies |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2009/02/23/best-conservative-movies/ |magazine=[[National Review]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402124006/https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2009/02/23/best-conservative-movies/ |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> === Accolades === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Subject ! Result |- |[[Academy Award]] |[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |rowspan=2|[[Will Smith]] |{{nom}} |- |[[BET Awards|BET Award]] |[[BET Award for Best Actor & Actress|Best Actor]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=3|[[Black Reel Awards|Black Reel Award]] |colspan=2|[[Black Reel Award for Best Film|Best Film]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Black Reel Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] |[[Jaden Smith]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|[[Critics' Choice Movie Award|Broadcast Film Critics Association Award]] |[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Performer]] |Jaden Smith |{{nom}} |- |Capri Award |colspan=2|Movie of the Year |{{won}} |- |[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] Award |[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[David di Donatello]] Award |colspan=2|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|[[Golden Globe Award]]s |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor&nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor&nbsp;– Motion Picture Drama]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ("A Father's Way") |[[Seal (musician)|Seal]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|[[MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award]] |[[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance|Best Male Performance]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]] |Jaden Smith |{{won}} |- |rowspan=4|[[NAACP Image Award]] |colspan=2|[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture]] |{{won}} |- |[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture]] |Jaden Smith |{{nom}} |- |[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture]] |[[Thandie Newton]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Nastro d'Argento]] |[[Nastro d'Argento for Best Score|Best Score]] |[[Andrea Guerra (composer)|Andrea Guerra]] |{{nom}} |- |Phoenix Film Critics Society Award |Best Young Actor |Jaden Smith |{{won}} |- |[[Screen Actors Guild Award]] |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]] |Will Smith |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=4|[[Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Award]] |colspan=2|[[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie&nbsp;– Drama|Choice Movie&nbsp;– Drama]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan=2|Choice: Chemistry |Will Smith |{{won}} |- |rowspan=2|Jaden Smith |{{won}} |- |Choice: Breakout Male |{{won}} |- |} == See also == {{Portal|Film}} * [[List of American films of 2006]] * "[[Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness]]" == References == {{reflist|30em}} == External links == {{Wikiquote}} * {{AllMovie title|326489}} * {{IMDb title|0454921}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|pursuit_of_happyness}} * {{Metacritic film}} {{Gabriele Muccino}} {{Steven Conrad}} {{San Francisco 49ers}} {{Navboxes |title = Awards for ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' |list1 = {{NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture}} {{Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Drama}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pursuit Of Happiness}} [[Category:2006 films]] [[Category:2006 biographical drama films]] [[Category:2000s business films]] [[Category:African-American drama films]] [[Category:American biographical drama films]] [[Category:American business films]] [[Category:Biographical films about businesspeople]] [[Category:Columbia Pictures films]] [[Category:Escape Artists films]] [[Category:Films about father–son relationships]] [[Category:Films about children]] [[Category:Films about homelessness]] [[Category:Films about poverty in the United States]] [[Category:Films based on biographies]] [[Category:Films based on works by American writers]] [[Category:Films directed by Gabriele Muccino]] [[Category:Films produced by Will Smith]] [[Category:Films set in 1981]] [[Category:Films set in San Francisco]] [[Category:Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area]] [[Category:Films shot in San Francisco]] [[Category:Overbrook Entertainment films]] [[Category:Relativity Media films]] [[Category:Stock trading films]] [[Category:2000s English-language films]] [[Category:2000s American films]] [[Category:Films about salespeople]]'