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I Am Sam
A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
15 March 1952
23 September 1957, Anaheim, California, USA
15 October 1927, New York City, New York, USA
8 February 1953, Newport, Arkansas, USA
31 May 1958, Manhattan, New York, USA
2 January 1980, California, USA
5 May 1969, Evanston, Illinois, USA
23 March 1966, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
8 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
January 23, 2003
This movie plays like an after-school special or a public service announcement.
January 25, 2002
For a movie that probes the sensitive issue of living with reduced mental capacity, are the creators of Bambi the obvious choice?
November 06, 2002
Penn repeatedly hits the ball out of the park, but the rest of the team never gets past first base.
September 25, 2010
Sean Penn gives the most professionally shameful, cruelly wrongheaded performance ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, while Jessie Nelson Kristine Johnson's script lives down to Penn's ugly ineptitude with idiotic catchphrases and product placement.
March 22, 2002
On one level, I Am Sam is a crock, but on another, more vital one, it's very, very sweet.
September 23, 2004
And I think I am sick.
January 25, 2002
A well-intentioned but ludicrous tale.
June 19, 2003
Sean Penn may be the most gifted actor of his generation.
March 04, 2002
Plays out in such a conventional manner that it feels like a TV movie of the week from the '70s.
February 08, 2003
Just watching Penn and Fanning interact...is worth wading through the occasionally ankle-deep syrup.
December 24, 2010
Moving film with great acting seems too contrived.
July 20, 2002
It's a sensational performance, and [Penn] illumines a movie that sometimes seems in danger of descending into modish Hollywood political correctness.
