I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)
by Jessie Nelson
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Actor: Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sean PennDirector: Jessie Nelson
Brand: PENN,SEAN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line Home Video
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Movie Review: I Am Sam
Summary: 5 Stars
I very much enjoyed this movie. I laughed and I cried. Laughed and I cried. Sean Penn really made his character believable (as a mentally ill man)in his persuit to understand himself, gain acceptance from others, and desperate efforts to gain the custody of his only child. Michelle Pfeiffer is very believable in her role as well. As a Counselor,working with families, I am always looking for materials that can assist me to better understand people. This DVD, offers educational strengths- to better understand how to support the "disably challenged", and increased my appreciation for their uniqueness. Thank you.
Summary of I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)
A mentally-challenged man seeks custody of his young daughter.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 27-SEP-2005
Media Type: DVD
I Am Sam makes you laugh, cry, and recoil all at the same time. Perhaps no other film of recent memory has epitomized the shameless sentimentality of Hollywood as succinctly as director and screenwriter Jessie Nelson's story of a mentally challenged man fighting to retain custody of his 7-year-old daughter. Sam (Sean Penn), who has the mental age of 7, wipes down tables at a Los Angeles Starbucks and takes good care of his daughter Lucy, who was left with him shortly after birth by a homeless woman. Sam has gotten by just fine with a little help from his friends, including his eccentric neighbor (Diane Wiest) and a lovable group of similarly challenged friends, but a series of misunderstandings leaves Sam fighting to get Lucy back from the state. Sam's lawyer, Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), is an overly ambitious woman whose life is soon transformed by proximity to Sam's brimming humanity. Sean Penn is, as usual, wholeheartedly committed to his role and turns in an admirable, if overtly affected performance. However, I Am Sam, with all its earnest charm, reaches an emblematic low when Sam, a character apparently devoid of any authentic sentiment, delivers a courtroom speech memorized from Kramer vs. Kramer as the film's finale. --Fionn Meade
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