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The Pursuit of Happyness

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Set back in the early 1980s, a self-employed salesman is having trouble making ends meet. He decides to switch to a career in finance, but on the day of his job interview, his wife decides to leave him, and take their little son with her. He resists, and ends up having to look after the boy. However, things are not good at work, and without an income, he finds that life gets increasingly impossible. He perseveres against terrible odds before emerging victorious. The film is based on a true story.

117 minutes, All ages
Biographical, Drama.

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Credits
Cast	Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta
Director	Gabriele Muccino
Music	Steve Conrad
Cinematography	Andrea Guerra
Editing	Phedon Papamichael
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2006
Produced by	Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Relativity Media
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Very mild and infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
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Adjusted CAP Report (USA) (-50 to 50)
Wanton Violence / Crime	26
Impudence / Hate	-50
Sexual Immorality	35
Drugs / Alcohol	35
Offence to God	50
Murder / Suicide	50
Final score	24
Influence density	0.54
Min - Max	-100

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	15
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	10
Cape TimesKevin Crust	10
iAfrica.comNils van der Linden	13
The CitizenBruce Dennill	14
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
International Media
BBC (UK)Paul Arendt	10
Box Office (USA)Mark Keizer	8
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	5
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	15
ScreenIt (USA)	9
Internet (IMDB)9104 Netizens	15

Average .. 55%	11

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