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Dominican Rep. I Am Sam
- Original title
- I Am Sam
- Year
- 2001
- Running time
- 132 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Sean Penn
Michelle Pfeiffer
Laura Dern
Dianne Wiest
Dakota Fanning- Joseph Rosenberg
Richard Schiff
Loretta Devine
Elle Fanning
Kathleen Robertson
Doug Hutchison
Mary Steenburgen
Rosalind Chao
Marin Hinkle- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Disability. Family Relationships. Paternity. Courtroom Drama / Lawyers
- Synopsis
- Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment for Lucy, but it soon becomes apparent that she is intellectually surpassing him. When she begins intentionally stunting her own growth so as not to hurt her beloved father, a social worker intervenes, removing Lucy from her home and placing her in foster care. It is now up to the courts to decide if Sam is fit to continue raising Lucy. As the day of the hearing looms, Sam seeks the aid of self-absorbed, successful lawyer Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), who only agrees to take on Sam's case free of charge to save face with her colleagues. And so it begins: a battle of love versus ability, the individual against an unbending system. In the centre remains a father and daughter who just want to be together.
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- Awards
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2001: 1 Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor (Sean Penn)2001: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Young Actor/Actress (Dakota Fanning). 2 Nominations2001: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nom. Best Actor (Penn) & Sup. Actress (Fanning)2001: Academy Awards (Oscars): nominated to Best Leading Actor.2001: Satellite Awards: nominated to Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama.2003: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Foreign Language Film.
- Critics' reviews
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"It works magic because of Penn, who disappears into the character so thoroughly that even Dustin Hoffman ... would be jealous."
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"Raises important issues about the mental handicapped and nontraditional families that deserve a much smarter examination."
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"A well-intentioned but ludicrous tale."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 21 My Top 10 Movies from 2001 (152)
- 35 Most Moving Movies (111)
- 64 My Favorite Dramas (195)
- 64 Movies with a Great Male Lead (72)
- 69 Movies that Don't Seem that Special but are Very Special to Me (56)
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