
The film's resolution, predictable to any viewer, feels oddly impersonal
for a father/son bonding tale both dreamed up and enacted by a father
for the son following in his footsteps. Whatever the faults of 2006's
The Pursuit of Happiness, that film employed
the bond between the two
Smiths much more effectively. One wonders if it might be wise to wait a
while before
the next pairing — letting Jaden Smith, like Kitai Raige,
come into his own before asking him to share a screen meaningfully with
one of Hollywood's biggest
personalities.
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