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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "Much better than you might think, thanks to Will Smith." more... B- Boston Globe Ty Burr "Will Smith gives a stinging performance..." more... A- Chicago Sun-Times Richard Roeper "...Smith serves notice he is not only a genuine movie star, he's a four-star actor..." more... B   Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips "Smith is terrific and moving in this film. The film itself is more conventional." more... B   E! Online Dezhda Mountz "...leans dangerously close to becoming a message movie about homelessness." more... B- Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "Well-meaning story of homelessness suffers from Hollywood contrivances and slickness." more... C   New York Post Kyle Smith "...a viral blast of the American Dream." more... B   New York Times Manohla Dargis "...he kind of entertainment that goes down smoothly until it gets stuck in your craw." more... C+ ReelViews James Berardinelli "...long, dull, and depressing." more... C   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "The role needs gravity, smarts, charm, humor and a soul that's not synthetic. Smith brings it. He's the real deal." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "The great surprise of the picture is that it's not corny." more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...heartwarming but excruciating-to-watch drama..." more... B- USA Today Claudia Puig "...heartfelt and compelling." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)