I AM SAM (2002)

JESSIE NELSON

Drama Weepie / Tear Jerker Feel Good Law/Legal/Solicitors/Trials

Cast

SEAN PENN MICHELLE PFEIFFER DIANNE WIEST DAKOTA FANNING RICHARD SCHIFF

Plot

Sean Penn plays a severely mentally handicapped father who decides to make a desperate and unlikely bid to regain custody of his young daughter. I Am Sam is a man sized tissue box of a film that has you sobbing to the point of dehydration, what saves it from this utter abyss (OK, that's personal bias) are the powerful performances and the gratefully received wit and charm.