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I Am Sam

I Am Sam

7.6/ 10

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2001

Release Year

132 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

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Keywords

mentally disabled
foster parents
lawyer
pro bono
social services
coffee shop manager
pizza hut
children's book
locked door
child custody
woman director
father daughter relationship
neurodiversity

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Key-Si

Key-Si

November 25, 2018

10
10/10

"I Am Sam" is one of those movies, that touch you right where it matters and if this movie is not becoming an absoute classic, this world must be full of morons. Sean Penn plays the role of his life and he is way more impressive than Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man". And that performance already can be

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