Plot & Review:
The story talks about a man called Chris Gardner struggling to make ends meet by selling bone-density scanning machine.
It starts off as an ordinary man working as a salesman running around the city if San Francisco selling the scanner to pay rent & daycare. However, he was turned down by every doctor he met.
The inability to pay rent and daycare strained his relationship with his wife Linda who had to take on double-shifts to contribute to the family. One day, when he was walking by a street lane, he saw a guy who drove a Ferrari Testarossa and asked him: " What do you do & how do you do it?
The guy replied that he is a stockbroker and it sets the mind of Chris who is determined to fight for a competitive internship that only takes in 1 out of 20 people in a 6 month trial.
Due to Chris causing his wife to miss her shift on one day, she decided to packed up and leave the family in search for a better life in New York.
Chris, enrolled in a no-pay internship and with his son, moved to a motel while himself begin attending the 6 month internship. While he managed to sell off all his scanners and seemingly doing good. A letter from the IRS stated that they confiscated a significant amount of money for not paying taxes.
Now with no money, the father & son were evicted and slept inside a Metro station. They managed to find some shelter in a church which takes in homeless people on a daily basis but must leave on the next day. Day by day, they struggled to be in time for the booking in session.
On the last day of his internship, he signed many accounts that eventually landed him a job in the stockbroking company and the light of the future is bright for both father and son. The emotional Chris ran to his son's daycare and hugged him tightly as he is assured of a good and better life.
This movie is definitely a must-watch. i consider this to be Will Smith's most touching movie.
Rating; 5/5
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