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Release Date: December 15th, 2006

Running Time: 116 minutes

U.S. Box Office: $162,586,036

Rating: PG-13 for some language.

Directed By: Gabriele Muccino

Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Zuhair Haddad

Critics Reviews: 6 out of 10

Boston Globe "The Pursuit of Happyness" is a curious bird to have landed in this awards-conscious season. For one thing, Will Smith's performance as a striving single dad has the grace to not panhandle for an Oscar. Ty Burr

Reelviews The Pursuit of Happyness is long, dull, and depressing. It expands into two hours a story that could have been told more effectively in one. James Berardinelli

San Francisco Chronicle The great surprise of the picture is that it's not corny. It may have seemed that way from the trailer: Will Smith tells his son, "Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something -- even me." Mick LaSalle

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Still, for all its good performances and family values, it's a painful movie to endure. William Arnold

USA Today If The Pursuit of Happyness didn't star Will Smith and his adorable son Jaden, it might be just another tearjerker rags-to-riches story. But their chemistry raises the level of the film, making it heartfelt and compelling. Claudia Puig

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The Pursuit of Happyness Official site for the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. Based on a true story, starring Will Smith as a struggling salesman who after gaining custody of his son, fights hard to become a successful stockbroker.

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