5 Awesome Movie Dads And 5 That Suck
4. Chris Garder in The Pursuit of Happyness Will Smith plays Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness, a 2006 adaption of Gardners autobiography. A beautiful extra dimension in this film lies in the fact that Jaden Smith plays Wills on screen son and makes a brilliant acting debut. In the film Chriss wife loses patience with her ambitious husband who fails to provide for the family and gets himself an unpaid internship at a brokerage firm. Wouldnt be so bad if he was a graduate but he has a wife and child to support. As a result the wife leaves him and his son. This is where Chris as super-father kicks in. He develops a steely determination where failure is not an option. There isnt a moment where he kicks up a fuss about having to take care of his son on his own, he ploughs through one problem after another and throughout Christopher Jr. feeds off of his dads strength and determination even when they get evicted from their motel room and end up in a homeless shelter. Within the shelter we encounter one of the best aw dad moments: Chris tucks his little boy in and says goodnight, maintaining a normal loving bed time ritual despite the hurdles that lie ahead of them. When success does finally happen for our protagonist its clear that its not just his ambitious nature thats led him to, its the love he has for his son. Love ya too dad.