I Am Sam
Release Date: December 28, 2001
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Jessie Nelson
Screenwriter:
Kristine Johnson, Jessie Nelson
Starring: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Doug Hutchison, Stanley DeSantis, Brad Silverman, Loretta Devine, Laura Dern, Will Wallace
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Official Website:
IamSammovie.com
Review: 4/5 stars
DVD/VHS: Not available
Movie Poster: Not available
Plot Summary:
"I Am Sam" is the compelling story of Sam Dawson (Penn), a mentally-challenged father raising his daughter Lucy (Fanning) with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, their close bond is threatened when their situation comes under the scrutiny of a social worker who wants Lucy placed in foster care. Faced with a seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and forms an unlikely alliance with Rita Harrison (Pfeiffer), a high-powered, self-absorbed attorney who initially takes his case pro bona as a challenge from her colleagues. On the surface the two couldn't be further apart, but in reality they are subtly similar. Sam's compulsive nature mirrors Rita's more socially acceptable obsessive-compulsive nature. Her manic need for perfection and success alienates her from her own son and has been slowly destroying her self-worth. 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.
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