Just watching Penn and Fanning interact My Movies. I Am Sam. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Screen Pass. Can a mentally challenged man be a good father? Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer star in the moving story of unconditional love that grows between a man, his daughter and the attorney who accepts his case pro bono. When the mental capacity of Sam's Penn seven-year-old daughter exceeds his, the local department of social services removes her from his guardianship.
But in his relentless battle to regain his daughter, Sam teaches his attorney Pfeiffer about love and guides her in her difficult relationship with her own son.
Director :. Jessie Nelson. Producer :. Kristine Johnson , Jessie Nelson. Critics Consensus: Not only does the manipulative I Am Sam oversimplify a complex issue, it drowns it in treacle.
Previous TheIndependentCritic. Penn's performance deserved the Oscar nomination. September 11, Common Sense Media. Moving film with great acting seems too contrived. August 15, The Film Yap. January 18, Photos Top cast Edit. Michelle Pfeiffer Rita as Rita. Dakota Fanning Lucy as Lucy. Dianne Wiest Annie as Annie. Richard Schiff Turner as Turner. Joseph Rosenberg Joe as Joe.
Stanley DeSantis Robert as Robert. Doug Hutchison Ifty as Ifty. Rosalind Chao Lily as Lily. Bobby Cooper George as George. Kit McDonough Ms. Davis as Ms. Jessie Nelson. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7yo. He has a daughter who's homeless mother has abandons them both. Sam's difficulties become problematic, and she's taken away.
Sam finds a lawyer who tells the case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love and whether it's really all needed. Rated PG for language. Did you know Edit. Trivia Dakota Fanning 's little sister, Elle Fanning , played her character at age 3. Goofs Credits list "starbucks barrister" instead of "barista". Quotes Rita : I just don't know what to call you: retarded, mentally retarded, mentally handicapped, mentally disabled, intellectually handicapped, intellectually disabled, developementally disabled Connections Edited into Becoming Sam User reviews Review.
Top review. If you're looking for a tear-jerking, emotion-provoking melodrama, this is your first on the list,. If you're looking for a tear-jerking, emotion-provoking melodrama, this is your first on the list.
I am Sam is a sensational dramatic piece that will leave you with tears to wipe. In the film, Sam Dawson Sean Penn is a mentally challenged single father who's left by, as what it seems, a one night stand homeless woman to raise his daughter Lucy Dakota Fanning. Despite of being a mentally retarded person, Sam has a job working in a local Starbucks coffee store and has got friends with some what equal mental capacity.
He's a sweet, good-natured, and loving father to Lucy that is equally attached to him. Unfortunately, a sordid twist of fate takes place in their paradise, at Lucy's 7th birthday a social worker believes that Sam, having the mental capacity of a 7-year-old, can't raise his child that is outgrowing him. Lucy is taken to a foster care temporarily as her father, along with the help of his mentally challenged friends, tries to find a high-profile attorney that can help him get his child back.
After multiple attempts, Sam manages to appoint an attorney Michelle Pfeiffer who only takes the job at first as a dare. Rita Harrison Michelle Pfeiffer is a successful busy lawyer that comes home to a cheating man and a son who hates her, through the movie Sam and Rita develop a friendly relationship which is an eye-opening for Rita to value her family and be more involved in her son's life. Sam goes through a legal battle to retain custody of Lucy, aided by his mentally challenged friends, his agoraphobic neighbor Annie Cassell Diana Wiest , and his high profile determined lawyer Michelle Pfeiffer.
The film is enriched with major cast members that in turn give out one of their best performances in their career life. Most noticeably, Sean Penn who initially visited L. Goal, a center in Los Angeles for mentally handicapped persons as groundwork to his role.
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