A large bowl of chicken soup

Nico 2022-03-22 09:01:05

The male protagonist has failed in business and is impoverished. With tenacity and hardship, all kinds of violations of the bottom line of normal interpersonal and social relations in the film can find excuses for uncontrollable sympathy.

Business failure does not stop loss, but depends on wife's income;

If the landlord is in arrears for a long time, the landlord also has to live;

If you can’t afford to pay a ticket, what you need to do is to pay the fine and then sell the car, not the car being confiscated;

The tax bureau deducted 600 yuan. Have you ever thought about filing taxes in advance, based on the minimum 10% tax calculation, I don’t believe that the male protagonist is so poor and poor. If you count the exemption, you have to pay 600 for a formal declaration?

All the life experience of the male protagonist is a Loser who has no planning ability, including a 6-month internship period. However, on the other hand, he has to show that he is a very successful agent and a twisted combination of contradictions.

This movie is a big bowl of poisonous chicken soup, telling the audience that as long as you are a poor person and you are tough and tenacious enough, you can win everyone's sympathy and violate various social codes of conduct without committing crimes.

Maybe I was extreme, but I watched this film twice, and I still can't understand this approach. I also agree with the "Happiness Terminal" approach for the same inspirational film.

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Extended Reading
  • Lou 2022-04-24 07:01:01

    Inspirational blockbuster

  • Shyann 2021-10-20 18:59:52

    You know the ending when you see the beginning, but it doesn’t matter, what matters is the process. . . The most touching thing is not winning the position, but covering his son's ears in the toilet. . . As a Chinese audience who is prone to emotions, moving is more important to me than inspiration =. =

The Pursuit of Happyness quotes

  • [about Chris' bone-density scanner]

    Homeless Guy #1: It's a time machine... I know it's a time machine...

    Christopher Gardner: [voice-over, while sitting on a bus] This machine in my lap? It is not a time machine.

  • [last narration lines, while walking in the crowd and crying]

    Christopher Gardner: [voice-over] This part of my life... this part right here? This is called "happyness."