The film relies on a true story of millionaire Chris Gardner. The film begins at the time he is being to take the bad things. In the past, Chris and his wife, Linda has invested in all their property to start up business with a test bone machine. However, it seems to be not a good investment. They can’t sell it because it’s too expensive compared to the value it brings to. The poverty is a cause for Linda leaves him, and he and his boy are in desperate straits.
Gardner’s luck goes from bad to worse as he and his son have to move from place to place seeking shelter wherever they can find it, even spending one night in a subway bathroom. One day he meets a man who helps him to be an internship with a stock brokerage firm. Though the internship is unpaid, one of the 20 interns will be chosen to stay with company full-time. Thanks to hard working, Gardner has an outstanding performance to be the winner from his competitors. And it’s a beginning for being a millionaire of Chris Gardner.