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Pursuit of Happiness: Critical Analysis Report

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Added on  2019-10-01

Pursuit of Happiness: Critical Analysis Report

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Table of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................1Depiction of highly dynamic and overly moderate city life: (How does the film provide a commentary on urban life?)..................................................................................................................................................1The attempt of the screenwriter/director to justify the saying ‘All well that ends well’:............................1Screenwriter/director attempting to communicate....................................................................................2Film impacted your understanding of the city or urban life........................................................................2The intended audience:...............................................................................................................................2Why might this matter?...............................................................................................................................3Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................3References...................................................................................................................................................4
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IntroductionIt will not be an exaggeration to say that the movie could be renamed with the title‘Hope’ and it will still be justice with the message the movie Pursuit of Happiness wants to give.Perfectly written, directed and more than that perfectly acted by the characters makes the moviea must watch. Pursuit of happiness, an amazing piece of art and cinematography is directed byGabriele Muccino starring Will Smith and his son Jaden as lead characters. The movie is basedon a real story. The movie portrays the life of Chris Gardner who was in the pursuit of a nearlyimpossible dream and ended up making it happen. Given the message in the movie opens thedebate for many suitable titles that could be the right fit (Potter, 2014).Depiction of highly dynamic and overly moderate city life: (How does the film provide a commentary on urban life?)The story starts with a glimpse of the city of modern world where the man, in pursuit ofhis material goals has lost his core values of a human being. The sky touching buildings, peoplegoing to work with lost sense of existence, the traffic that tells the story of business of people’slives, the man lying unconscious on the road with indifferent crowd is the testimony of thepresent world where everyone is so self obsessed that mankind is losing its existence. Peoplerunning in the street with their suitcase and office files in hand with a stillness on the face for thefuture that is uncertain (Kamanksha, & Sanjay, 2017). The portrayal of the city life in the movieis so beautifully done by Gabriele Muccino that exhibits the fact that the director has tried to goon the absolute edge of his potential (Layous, Sheldon, & Lyubomirsky, 2015).The attempt of the screenwriter/director to justify the saying ‘Allwell that ends well’:With the movie Pursuit of Happiness, the screenwriter/director is trying to say that life isnever meant to be a smooth road. The movie in its essence says that life often throws surprisesthat are bad and sometimes worse but one never should give up. Life asks us to be resilient, andrequires us to know how to bounce back. With the portrayal of the struggles of a common man
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