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Bookmark this pageThe Pursuit of Happiness (1970)
Director: Robert Mulligan
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Too shapeless, too drawn out, too much reliance on symbols - that is part of what is wrong with Mulligan's entry in the youth movie stakes. The plot is melodramatic but not incredibly so: the hero (Sarrazin) finds himself college boy one moment, prisoner (by virtue of a collision with an old lady who steps out in front of his car on a dark and rainy night) and prosecution witness in a prison murder trial the next. Mulligan seems to have intended exploring his innocent hero's 'pursuit', or rather flight, on a physical level - his opting out of student politics to indulge his model boat hobby is merely the first step - but instead the subject escapes, losing itself in getting Sarrazin from A to B rather than really looking at why. There is a serious point to it all - it shouldn't look faintly silly, but it does.Author: VG
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Mulligan
Producer: David Susskind
Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein, Sada Thompson, Ralph Waite, Arthur Hill, EG Marshall full cast
Duration: 98 mins
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