I Am Sam

I Am Sam... I just can't get enough of this tear jerking beautiful film, it just keeps on getting better every time i watch it.. The fathers love for his child is everlasting... I disagree on the law in this film, does make me angry.. it happens in the real world and it's cruel in my opinion.. everything about this film is great, the sound track, the picture, the story plot, the script, and not forgetting the cast that made it what it was.. I love Sean Penn, and this is gotta to be for me his best performance... this is a film to watch before you die... beautiful..

I can't speak to the negative (or positive) aspects of the representation in this movie, so I'm just going to ignore that whole conversation. All I can do is comment on how it landed with me, someone who doesn't have any skin in the game and was just watching it as a movie. Overall, I thought Sean Penn's performance was compelling and the central relationship between Sam and Lucy landed enough emotional beats to carry the film. The story understandably dodges any real conversation surrounding Lucy's conception or some of the practicalities of how Sam raised Lucy for the first 7 years, but they glossed over it efficiently enough that it doesn't really detract. What does detract is Michelle Pfeiffer's character, which often feels superficial and melodramatic, especially toward the end.