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  • I Am Sam
  • Opened December 28, 2001 | Runtime:2 hr. 10 min.
  • PG-13
    language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. Read More
  • ``I Am Sam'' is the compelling story of Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a mentally-challenged father raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) with the help of a unique group of friends. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, Read More
  • Cast: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning
  • Director: Jessie Nelson
  • Genres: Courtroom Drama, Melodrama, Message Movie, Drama

I Am Sam Recent Fan Reviews

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    Wonderfully Done

    by flixwatchergal

    This is one of Sean's best movies. He does a supurb job depicting a man who has Mild Mental Retardation whose fathered a daughter and then struggles to raise her right. The story is heart warming and Michele does a great job as his lawyer helping him fight to regain custody of his little girl after she is removed from his home. A great film for the supurb acting and story line which will hold your interest as you get pulled into their lives. If you have not seen this film I recommend you do.

  • Must Go!

    I AM SAM

    by LOVETHEMOVIES315

    I THINK THAT DAKOTA FANNING IS ONE OF THE GREATEST LITTLE ACTRESSES THAT HAVE COME INTO THE MOVIE INDUSTRIES IN ALONG TIME , BUT SHES NOT LITTLE ANYMORE!!I AM 60 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE FOLLOWED HER SINCE HER VERY BEGINNING AND I WILL KEEP FOLLOWING HER AS LONG AS I`M ALIVE!!! SHE IS A VERY SMART AND LEVEL HEADED ALMOST WOMAN, I PRAY SHE KEEPS HER FEET ON THE GROUND AND STAYS AS GROUNDED AS SHE IS RIGHT NOW AND NEVER LETS HERSELF GET CAUGHT UP IN THE GLIMPS AND GLAMOUR LIKE SO MANY OTHER CHILD STARS HAVE!!IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO SEE HER GO FROM ALITTLE GIRL TO GROWNUP PARTS BUT IT HAD TO HAPPEN SOMEDAY SHE CANT STAY LITTLE FOREVER!! SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK DAKOTA AND KEEP THAT LEVEL HEAD YOU HAVE AND YOU`LL KEEP GOING PLACES!!I COLLECT EVERY MOVIE YOU YOUVE MADE AND I WILL KEEP DOING THAT AS LONG AS YOU KEEP MAKING THEM, THE ONLY THING I WAS DISAPPOINTED ABOUT WAS WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU WERENT GOING TO BE DOING MY SISTERS KEEPER , YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IN THAT ,I WONT BUY IT!

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I Am Sam Critic Reviews

No Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Not about the justice or injustice of the legal system. Rather it's about the...

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    A warm, hard-to-resist story.

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The kind of performance Penn delivers in I Am Sam, which may look hard, is...

  • 42
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The dumbing down of low-IQ sentimentality.

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