With Bad Boys 4 hitting cinemas, Will Smith has revealed what he believes is the best movie of his career — and it nearly won him an Oscar.
To mark the fourthquel’s release, Smith sat down with Sean Evans on Hot Ones. The actor was asked to name four performances he’d want to be defined by.
Smith starts talking about his favorite performances and films at 19:18:
“I think the individual best movie, all around, that I’ve ever made is The Pursuit of Happyness,” he revealed.
“If I had to put four of them in a time capsule it would be The Pursuit of Happyness, the first Men In Black, I Am Legend, and probably King Richard,” Smith said.
Interestingly, despite being widely beloved, a box office hit (it made $307 million worldwide), and earning Smith his second Oscar nomination, The Pursuit of Happyness wasn’t lauded by critics.
It has a 69% Rotten Tomatoes score, far below the likes of Men in Black (92%, the highest-rated movie of Smith’s career), Six Degrees of Separation (88%), and even Bad Boys for Life (76%).
And yet, many people agree with his choice. “Nah for real The Pursuit Of Happyness legit one of the only films to actually make me cry at the ending,” one usertweeted, with anotherwriting: “The Pursuit of Happyness is one of Will Smith’s best films to date. He should have won an Oscar for that. The film had me in tears.”
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Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
