![]() ![]() ![]() Kramer, where Dustin Hoffman’s Ted Kramer has little insight into his son Billy’s daily life before his wife leaves them. on spelling and math, and asking him about his day. ![]() He lands a prestigious stockbroker internship with a 1 in 20 chance of leading to a job, but it’s six months of grueling, unpaid work (plus studying for an exam) leaving him to fit all his sales calls into the weekend, when he doesn’t have childcare.īut even before he becomes a single parent, he plays an active role in his son’s care, drilling Chris Jr. Based on the rags-to-riches story of Chris Gardner, it stars Will Smith as a down-on-his luck striver, struggling in his business selling bone density scanners to hospitals, while taking care of his five year old son following his wife’s departure. While many men would apparently prefer a son to a daughter, that isn’t reflected in pop culture, where most movies and TV shows about single or stay-at-home dads feature a father-daughter dynamic.Ģ006’s The Pursuit of Happyness is one of a handful of movies that bucks the trend - as well as a rare example of a single dad of color. ![]()
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