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Critics Reviews: 6 out of 10
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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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