Time Out says
With bills stacking up and his wife (Thandie Newton) gone to NYC, college dropout Chris enrols as an intern at a stockbrokers’. Life couldn’t get much worse. Kicked out of their apartment, father and son (played by Smith’s kid Jaden) bounce between homeless missions until Chris, hopefully, secures a job.
Given the task of marshalling the saccharine in Steven Conrad’s script, it’s a credit to Italian director Gabriele Muccino and Smith that they largely eschew the sentimental option. Smith hits all the right notes – understated, engaging, inspirational – even if his young son threatens to charm him off the screen.
Release Details
- Rated:12A
- Release date:Friday 12 January 2007
- Duration:117 mins
Cast and crew
- Director:Gabriele Muccino
- Screenwriter:Steven Conrad
- Cast:
- Jaden Christopher Syre Smith
- Dan Castellaneta
- Thandie Newton
- Will Smith
- Brian Howe
- James Karen
- Kurt Fuller
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