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I Am Sam (Bilingual Edition)

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

In my opinion, this is easily Sean Penn's best performance and he has had many great ones.I was just starting a nasty custody case when I saw this movie for the first time and I was moved in so many ways. I could watch this movie over and over again, the music (all Beatles covers) was done perfectly, and Penn's performance was done so well he had a certain innocence about him that was just heart wrenching at times because of how bad he was being treated by the system and he just kept doing what he thought was right and the one point in the movie when he was on the stand and sounded like he was making perfect sense and it ended up he was just quoting something he heard from someone else saying(other people's names included),it really makes you feel for him and you just wish that they would give him his daughter back. Eventually things turn out in his favor, which I wish would happen for me but unfortunatly, I live in the real world! GREAT MOVIE, GREAT PERFORMANCES,GREAT STORY, GREAT MUSIC, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!!

I saw this movie on TV and just had to buy the DVD to share with others as its such a lovely story. Sure enough Amazon came thru again for me. Sean Penn did such a remarkable job.

Usually folks don't like negative reviews......if you really like stories about underdogs, you will like this film. However, if you need some reality touchstones, there are simply too many Hollywood PR machine touches to the script.....it is just too far out and for me it destroyed any shred of credibility for the story. Sure Penn does his usual credible acting job, but the script is too far out.....keep it up Sean and you'll be like Hanks.....all the cute scripts for the no-brainers out there!

I am Sam is such a great movie. It is so touching and moving, heartfelt and compassionate. Anyone who enjoys movies that has depth, emotion, "I am Sam" is the perfect choice. You will not be disappointed.

I love Dakota Fanning, she's the cutest girl I've seen in movies..I was somewhat disappointed with her part in this movie, I don't think it was big enough. I'm glad that she was in the movie, though. Her acting outshined even Sean. I was hoping that at the end, Sean's character would hook up with Michelle Pfeiffer's, but that didn't happen. That was pretty disappointing as well. It's really not that bad of a movie, but it's not the best. If you really want to see Dakota shine, try watching Uptown Girls..great movie.

Well...I usually can't stand sappy, sentimental movies, but "I am Sam" came as a wonderful surprise. In all of its overflowing emotion, there is a true feeling of truth and humanity that grabbed me as a viewer. Most importantly, Penn did an amazing job making Sam into a convincing and human character, very seldom over-the-top.
From all the other reviews you know the premise of the movie--the mentally handicapped man with the heart fo gold trying to keep his family intact--so I won't regurgitate that. Sure, this film utilizes some stereotypes, not to even mention the dazzling array of less-than-subtle product placements...but it pulls the whole thing off with a certain sense of real human value. Dakota Fanning as the young daughter never falls victim to crappy-child-actor syndrome; she's sweet and believable in a totally un-cloying sort of way. Overall, the film is a grand story of a non-traditional family fighting to stay together on an endearingly small-scale. Come on, this movie actually made me cry, a lot...and if you can suck it up and allow yourself to enjoy that sort of thing, it can actually be a powerful viewing-experience. I highly recommend this film for a night when you are willing to let yourself get caught up in a sweet story with some outstanding acting and quirky little twists. Trust me, this movie is a joy to watch, and I don't say that about many movies... I think this is the first crier-film I've ever REALLY loved.

This was the most touching movie I have ever seen. I was laughing most of the time and trying to hold back tears during the other parts. Without a doubt, this is my favorite movie. Love is all you need.

This movie is sort of sad, and sort of,well, sad, oh yeah and happy. Thism ovie is of a man who is mentoly challenged and is left from his wife after she has a baby. His forced to rais the baby, and as she(the baby)grows older, she's finding it hard to have a retarded dad. He(the dad) has an I.Q of a 7 year old and his daugter is smarter than he. The law is taking the daugter away from the dad. Can he get her back?
This movie has average swears, but 2 eff words.

This movie made my mom cry, and that's resonably rare. This movie captures the inner beaty, which is kida sad and corny. You'll defenetly like this movie for it has romance, comedy, drama and some mooshy gooshy stuff. There's average swears but one eff word. This is a good movie.

As a mentally challenged man with the intellectual capability of a 7-year-old, Sean Penn - quite possibly the best working actor today - earned his third Oscar nomination in this sentimental but powerful film. Sam works as a table clearer at a Starbucks' coffee shop and is also father to a 7-year-old girl he had with a homeless woman. The two apparently get along fine until a series of haphazard dynamics collide to find Sam's daughter as a ward of the state. In his bid to reclaim his child, Sam turns to attorney Michelle Pfeiffer, a fast-moving lady who's compromised her sense of humanity in favor of professional fulfillment. Her belief that she needs only her profession for self-fulfillment is dangerously imperiled by Sam's humanity, innocent as it is from the perspective of a 7-year-old. Of course, there are the court scenes in which Sam is made to look as a well-intentioned but incapable provider to his child, until the sentimental but still moving finale in which Sam takes on the judicial system himself. Just as he was so absorbed in his role as a "Dead Man Walking," Penn is so completely into the character of Sam that his raw talent is incredible. Sure, maybe the film is a two-hanky one and the its goal is to move its audience by parading the unjust dilemmas of an underdog, "I Am Sam" is nonetheless a wonderfully moving film with a feel-good finale. And who can pass up a film that achieves that emotion on such a raw level?