An excellent movie. It's pretty much everything you'd expect in this type of story, but probably only those peeps who see movies very, very often might feel fazed by that. What makes the story of Chris Gardner even more powerful is that the movie doesn't even come close to portraying the horrendous shit he went through even before becoming a father.
Some links:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&endeca=1&isbn=0060744871&itm=1 http://joblo.com/interview-chris-gardner And, of course, his website:
http://www.chrisgardnermedia.com/