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The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
· Movie
· 117 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #788
- IMDb #307
- Google retired #15
- Rotten Tomatoes #1875
- Metacritic #1447
- Letterboxd #557
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2921
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #846
- Metacritic Critics #2030
- Metacritic Audience #614
- Criticker #1201
- Douban #39
- Kinopoisk #77
- AlloCiné #571
- Trakt #163
Every rating
55–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Google on 98. Critics average 66, everyone else 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A struggling salesman and single father invests his life savings in a risky business venture that fails. He and his young son are evicted and forced to survive on the streets with no income. He pursues an unpaid internship at a prestigious brokerage firm, desperately balancing homelessness, caring for his son, and outperforming his competitors for one available job.
Details
- Director
- Gabriele Muccino
- Writer
- Steven Conrad
- Released
- 14 December 2006
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Cantonese
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $307.1M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →8 wins from 25 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Award 2006 | Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Original Song ("A Father's Way") | Seal | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Will Smith | Nominee |
| BET Award 2006 | Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Black Reel Award 2006 | Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Black Reel Award 2006 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Jaden Smith | Nominee |
| Black Reel Award 2006 | Best Film | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Best Original Song ("A Father's Way") | Seal | Nominee |
Academy Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Will Smith | Nominee |
Teen Choice Award
4 nominations, 4 won
| Choice Movie – Drama | Winner | |
| Choice: Breakout Male | Jaden Smith | Winner |
| Choice: Chemistry | Will Smith | Winner |
| Choice: Chemistry | Jaden Smith | Winner |
NAACP Image Award
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Winner | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Jaden Smith | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Thandiwe Newton | Nominee |
MTV Movie Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Jaden Smith | Winner |
| Best Male Performance | Will Smith | Nominee |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Picture | Winner |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Young Actor | Jaden Smith | Winner |
Black Reel Award
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Jaden Smith | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
| Best Young Performer | Jaden Smith | Nominee |
BET Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Will Smith | Nominee |
David di Donatello Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Score | Andrea Guerra | Nominee |