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Summary: I am a Fan
Review: I am Sam is a compelling story about a father who is ill and mentally challenged. He gets a homeless women pregnant and then when the baby is born,he holds her and then in an eye movement she is gone.Forever. He is left to take care of Lucy Diamond Dawson who he named after a populuar Beetle's song . He is doing his best in all he can do and when Lucy starts growing up the question is put on the table. Is Sam honestly able to take care of Lucy ? She already by 7 is holding back her knowledge because she wouldn't want to be smarter then her dad. I know that she probobaly would be best off with a real family,but the movie makes you believe she has to be his. In real life though,she would be embarrased more AND more as she got older,just like she already kind of was. But she loves him and vice versa so sit back and enjoy this treat. Dakota Fanning is a charmer and is adorable. She's so cute and is a great lil actress,maybe just the next Shirley Temple! Im sure she'll be getting many new offers and will be in many movies!
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Summary: An Amazing Film and Some Amazing Performances
Review: In I Am Sam, Writer/Director Jessie Nelson presents a thorny problem: Is a mentally challenged parent, no matter how loving, capable of raising a child who will soon surpass their intellectual capacity? Michelle Pfeiffer plays Rita, Sam's Lawyer, a high-strung speed-demon who is obsessed with her job to the point of alienating her Husband and Son. Pfeiffer does a wonderful job, as does Penn and just about everyone else in the film, but the real revelation here is Dakota Fanning, the talented young Acreess who plays Lucy. She delivers such a touching, warm performance that I think she should definitely be considered for an Academy Award. There are big things in store for this talented little girl. A word of warning: Bring a tissue or two! (I didn't, and I had to use my sleeve as a tear-mop...)
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Summary: really good movie
Review: This is one of the best movies that I've ever seen. It made cry throughout the entire movie, but still, it was such a sweet and sad movie. I DARE you to watch this without crying!
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Summary: It was great!!!
Review: I think I Am Sam is the best movie of the year. i saw it 3 times already, and I'm going again. I'm 14 years old and I think Sean Penn is sooooo sexy. He played an awesome role as a mentally challenged. No one can beat him in that. The little girl was so cute and played a great young actress. I laughed at a few parts, and I cryed. I'm telling you the truth this movie is so awesome. It's a must see.
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Summary: terrible tear jerker in the Patch Adams style
Review: This movie is absolutely awful. It starts out pretty good but ends up preaching a sermon on the endless ability of love to overcome obstacles. I didn't see "The Majestic," but I'm sure that this film is about as bad as that one. I Am Sam is about a mentally handicapped father (Penn) and his struggle to regain custody of his adorable daughter from the state child welfare folks. (Any guesses on how this winds up?) Here's why you should save your money: 1. It's terribly manipulative. I mean WE GET IT, one doesn't have to be Steven Hawking to be a good dad. The film didn't need to beat this into our heads with repetive, extended speeches. 2. Too many Beatles cover songs. I love the Beatles, but every scene does not need to be punctuated by "Two of Us." 3. Too many product placements -- Pizza Hut and Starbucks seemed like central characters. Same for that can of Tab. 4. Endless cheesy hand-holding. Are we supposed to like Sam? Yes, so the director thought that this meant that Sam was supposed to have no flaws, but rather it's OTHER people (normal intelligence folks) that are the incompetent, dyfunctional parents. And why? Because they don't *LOVE* as freely as Sam!!! That's all we need, how silly of the rest of the world.
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Summary: I am Sam--tearjerker
Review: I heard bad reviews of this movie, but went and saw it anyway... I really liked the movie... I think Sean Penn should get an Oscar for his performance as Sam. You can tell by the trailers that it is going to be playing on your emotions the whole time, so, of course you will need a lot of tissues! It has a great cast and I think it was well written....KILLER SOUNDTRACK
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Summary: Wish you were there!
Review: I was at the premier of I AM SAM on December 18th, 2002 in Westwood, CA. In the theater I sat across the isle from Michelle Pfeiffer and David Kelly. (They left the second the lights went down.) Before the sreening, the producers and writers spoke to the crowd and introduced dignitaries. After the film, everyone walked to the Westwood Brew Pub for free food and open bar. All the actors except Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer were there. Great fun, good movie and soundtrack.
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Summary: I Learned Something Tonight
Review: I admit that I went to this movie in order to learn something. A dear friend of mine shares a home with a man like Sean Penn's character, and I wanted to see what people like this are like without having to personally meet one. I'm glad I went, and this is why: 1) I learned that even though a grown man has the mind of a kindergartner, it doesn't mean said person can't learn, can't communicate, doesn't feel, or isn't human. 2) I learned that even if people have higher IQs than that, it doesn't make them smarter or have more class. 3) I already knew, but this film reemphasized, that no single parent, regardless of mental capacity, can raise their child without help; and that... 4) Good friends, quirks and all, are worth their weight in gold. I would urge anybody to see this movie and learn those same lessons I did tonight at the theater.
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Summary: I am Sam touched my heart!
Review: I am Sam made me cry as I was watching it and it made me feel
so sorry for mentholy challenged people in a way which made
me cry.I dont want to give away parts of the movie but there
was this part where just to be nice Sam Dawson tried to pay for
his lawer's food and all he had was a bunch of 1 dollars and
it made me feel so sorry to see how mentholy challenged
people are poor and not helpless but poor just because they are
mentholy challenged people and its so sad to see these kind of
people struggle as they are poor and mentholy challenged.
I really recomend who ever is reading right now to get off
your computer chair and watch I am Sam the move that touched
my heart...
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Summary: Wonderful!!!
Review: "I Am Sam" is a wonderful movie. Never mind what all the "Movie Reviewers" say. Please go and see it for yourself. You will not leave without feeling good. Oh, bring kleenex--there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Even my husband!
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