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I Am Sam
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language
Starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Doug Hutchison, Stanley DeSantis, Brad Silverman, Loretta Devine, and Laura Dern
The compelling story of Sam Dawson (Penn), a mentally challenged father raising his daughter Lucy with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. When a social worker suggests that Lucy should be placed in foster care, Sam forms an unlikely alliance with a high-powered attorney (Pfeiffer). Together they struggle to convince the system that Sam deserves to get his daughter back and, in the process, fuse a bond that results in a unique testament to the power of unconditional love. (New Line Cinema)
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Kristine Johnson
Jessie Nelson |
| DIRECTED BY: | Jessie Nelson |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 18, 2002 Video: June 18, 2002 Theatrical: December 28, 2001 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 132 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 47 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sarai V. gave it a10:
This is the best movie ever!
Bill H. gave it a10:
This is the best movie that I have ever seen, it made you sad,it made you happy, and filled you with unbelievable joy at the same time.
nicki c. gave it an8:
Loveable, and just the kind of movie with enough heart that you wish it could be so. Really liked the characters and the music. Have bought the soundtrack and listened to it often. Don't know what the critics are thinking!
[Anonymous] gave it a7:
Underrated...Sean Penn's performance deserves much more respect. The ending is a little too ideal and too happy, but enchanting altogether. Sure, things see-saw too much in the middle, but Penn does bring out the feelings and mentality of his character.
Beercan gave it a4:
I Am Sam is so focused on drawing audience tears and hitting them with a "message" that it forgets to become a real movie. As the retarded father trying to raise his daughter, Sean Penn is somehow both magnetic and utterly excruciating. So's the movie.
Ian K. gave it a9:
Are the friggin' critics serious? From Simon Birch to I Am Sam...they are passing these movies along like there bad! This and Simon Birch are two of the greatest movies i've ever seen! And yet you give snoozers like About Schmidt good reviews!
Juls P. gave it a 10:
Very marvelous movie!!!!!! those who rated this film below 1 are like stones!!!!!!

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