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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 4172
Released: June 18, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A mentally-challenged man seeks custody of his young daughter.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 27-SEP-2005
Media Type: DVD
Description of I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series):
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
I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series) Reviews:
I Am Sam 
2008-06-13 - 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.
Sean Penn in I AM SAM!!
2008-05-15 - This movie shows that just cause your learning changed doesn't mean your not a person that can show love.
I truly think this is one of the best movies Penn has stared in.
Michelle Pfeiffer does a superb job as a supporting actress.
Dakota Fanning is one of my favorite children actors.
Over all this is a great movie that shows a fathers love for
his daughter, this is a must see for all fathers.
I rate this movie a 10 from 1to10!!
Make sure you got the right CD 
2008-05-13 - I wanted the Beetles songs that were resung by various artists for this film, but this one is not that.
"All you need is Love". 
2008-04-12 - I Am Sam DVD
I Am Sam stars Sean Penn as a mentally challenged young man seeking custody of his daughter when it is obvious that he is not mentally capable of being a custodial parent. He bases his plea on the Beatles song "All you need is Love".
Caution, a real tear jerker. Recommended for a mature audience.
Gunner April, 2008
Love it!
2008-03-22 - This movie touches me in ways that only a few movies have. It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I still cry. A must have for anyone's collection! Beatles lovers-you must have this!
