Man's Search for Happiness

I like this movie because it offers hope. It is a good family film, and promotes healthy family life and values. We all have choices we make in our daily lives. We all want things we don't need and probably shouldn't have. This movie explains the differences between wants and needs and the cost versus the value of how our time is spent.

I'm partial to this movie because I use it for a reference point when I am trying to think of what I really want out of life. Most films these days are made expressly for the purpose of making a profit, and so they cater to public tastes whether they are moral or not. This is a non-profit movie with good morals and good advice. That makes it priceless.

This film is extremely well-produced, and explains very coherently through deftly rendered visuals the LDS creation myth and basic ethos and worldview. It bleeds a particular variety of values. Many will be horrified by how limiting the vision of 'ideal' life appears. The audience for whom it was made, older generations of the mormon church, will probably view it nostalgically, an artifact from a 'less-complicated' era. Anyway, it's interesting to watch, but for most of us will be educational only in how narrow a view some people take of life and what it means.

Also, I own this film, and I found that projecting it backwards while playing 'Dark Side of the Moon' produces an astounding result. If you don't believe me, check it out on youtube. I uploaded it.