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.
5 May 1969, Evanston, Illinois, USA
17 February 1973, Seattle, Washington, USA
29 April 1958, Santa Ana, California, USA
15 October 1927, New York City, New York, USA
27 May 1955, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
13 February 1950, Steubenville, Ohio, USA
6 July 1953, Roslyn, New York, USA
16 July 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
11 December 1961, Kingsville, Texas, USA
10 February 1967, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
17 September 1956, Marshall, Texas, USA
8 July 1973, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
8 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
September 23, 2004
And I think I am sick.
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.
January 25, 2002
A well-intentioned but ludicrous tale.
June 19, 2003
Sean Penn may be the most gifted actor of his generation.
December 24, 2010
Moving film with great acting seems too contrived.
November 06, 2002
Penn repeatedly hits the ball out of the park, but the rest of the team never gets past first base.
March 22, 2002
On one level, I Am Sam is a crock, but on another, more vital one, it's very, very sweet.
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.
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?
February 08, 2003
Just watching Penn and Fanning interact...is worth wading through the occasionally ankle-deep syrup.
March 04, 2002
Plays out in such a conventional manner that it feels like a TV movie of the week from the '70s.
