The pursuit of happiness is based on the real story of Chris garder's struggle with life and how he overcomes all the hardship and obstacles in his life.Its a movie with hope ,determination,and love for his toddler son. There are disturbing scenes when he was thrown out form his apartment he stays in restroom throughout night with his toddler son.How he protects and cares his son.During the hardship how happily he spent time with his son playing, reading books,and all. The movie is so inspirational and motivating. Both will smith and Jaden smith had done a great job throughout the movie. Never ever give up in our life..loved it