Sadly Over-hyped

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Good movie but grossly overrated

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I am sam is rated 7.6 at IMDb and considerably low at metacritic.com.Over the time since I first watched the movie. I believed if the conclusion was not in the favour of Sam but visiting rights were in his favour would have been excellent ending.The end however is more or less similar as Sam wants someone to be lucy's mother. It means it still fall in favour of critic's. Metacritic still has low rating, which leaves one wondering why! I recommend this movie. Nice emotional take.

Sean Penn does a great job here. Very convincing and touching. You also get Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota Fanning. What can possibly go wrong there? The performance of Sean Penn is outstanding. He plays a mentally disabled father who does all he can to stay with his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning). This movie has funny moments but is also sad and very deep. You cannot avoid but feel with the protagonists.If somebody asks me to recommend a movie, here we go. It even comes with Beatle songs. Give it a try"!Don't miss out on that wonderful masterpiece. It is quite long but you won't regret it. I run out of adjectives to describe the film. It left me speechless. And that is quite something for a woman.

I Am Sam follows and explores the life of Sam (Sean Penn), an individual with an intellectual disability, as he fights for custody of his daughter Lucy. Lucy proves to be a bright, young girl who has above average reading skills, but when faculty members at her school begin to notice that she is falling behind in school, they suspect that she is doing so to spare her father's feelings. With this discovery, child protective services intervenes and takes Lucy away from her father, prompting the start of Sam's fight to gain custody of his daughter. In Sam's attempt to find the best lawyer possible, he not only gains a lawyer, but a friend, who he eventually teaches a thing or two about what it really means to love. Despite the adversity he faces, Sam holds down a job and refuses to give up, all with the help of his devoted support team. Sean Penn, Dakota Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer deliver an authentic and emotional account of the love a father and daughter share and the trouble that a father will go through to prove that love.This film accurately portrays the idea that an individual's intellectual capacity has no correlation or bearing on their ability to be a parent and to love their child. Regardless of the fact that Sam has the intellectual capacity of a seven-year old, his love for his daughter is unmatched. The bond and love Sam and Lucy share is evident throughout the film and eventually proves to those who doubt his ability to provide her with what she needs, that he is more than capable of loving his daughter. This film also conveys the general message that individuals with disabilities are still humans and deserve to be treated as so. These individuals are wrongfully marginalized in society; they deserve to be treated with respect, kindness and love just as anyone else would like to be treated. Sam proves that he is a capable individual by overcoming adversity and working to prove his dedication to Lucy. Kids often do not realize the impact of their words or actions, hence the saying "kids will be kids," which was clearly demonstrated in this film. When Connor, Lucy's friend joins Sam and Lucy for dinner, Connor asks why Sam is acting like that and uses the "r-word" to describe him. He then proceeds to ask Lucy if she is the same as Sam because she is his daughter. Sticking with the negative reactions of children, at the Halloween party when Sam is dancing around in costume, the kids all stop what they are doing to just watch and laugh at him. Sadly, children are not the only ones who negatively perceive Sam. Rita often questions Sam's ability to do certain tasks, like order food or pay a check because he does so a little slower than others. These perceptions all demonstrate the idea of putting an individual's disability for the individual. Luckily, Sam has a support system that invariably sticks by his side as well as a lawyer with an eventual change of heart and a neighbor who loves both Lucy and Sam. Rita explains to those in the courtroom that one's intellectual capacity has nothing to do with one's ability to love and Rita tells those in court that she never questions Sam's ability as a father, and the only thing she does worry about is that if they take Lucy away from Sam, that she will be missing a piece of her she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill. The support that Sam receives from his boss at Starbucks also demonstrates positive advocacy in that they have a close relationship and he trusts him to work there.To anyone who is looking for an emotional roller-coaster ride that will make you laugh, cry, cheer, want to go and hug all of your family members, and everything in between, this is the perfect movie for you. I Am Sam is one of the most accurately portrayed films I have seen in terms of illustrating an image of individuals with disabilities. This film draws you in, makes you feel a connection to each character involved and does so all while conveying an important message that is worth understanding. You will not regret watching this film.

Like I said, this movie is the only one that ends happily, but made me cry like a baby. Actually, I'm not an emotional person at all, at least I didn't thought that I was, but this movie made me so sad, because I realised a couple of things from it. One of them and also a first one is that, it doesn't really matter how smart are you, or what you have in life, how reach you are....the only thing that really matters is how much love can you give to someone... That's the only think that matters. Thank you Sam for showing me that! Watch this movie, he will change you...change your views...and at the end, make you a better person. I know that it changed me and I'm thankful for that.