I Am Sam
Love is all you need.
2001-12-28 | 132 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
-
Sean PennSam Dawson
-
Michelle PfeifferRita Harrison Williams
-
Dianne WiestAnnie Cassell
-
Dakota FanningLucy Diamond Dawson
-
Richard SchiffMr. Turner
-
Loretta DevineMargaret Calgrove
-
Marin HinklePatricia
-
Laura DernRandy Carpenter
-
Brad SilvermanBrad
-
Stanley DeSantisRobert
-
Doug HutchisonIfty
-
Bobby CooperGeorge
-
Mary SteenburgenDr. Blake
-
Eileen RyanEstelle Dawson
-
Michael B. SilverDr. Jaslow
-
Rosalind ChaoLily
-
Ken JenkinsJudge Philip McNeily
-
Wendy PhillipsMiss Wright
-
Mason LuceroConner Rhodes
Recommendations
-
Losing Isaiah
-
Short Term 12
-
A Bill of Divorcement
-
Mrs. Doubtfire
-
Instant Family
-
Gifted
-
White Oleander
-
Curly Sue
-
The Glass Castle
-
The Great Gilly Hopkins
-
Life As We Know It
-
Tim
-
Goodrich
-
A Home of Our Own
-
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot
-
More Beautiful for Having Been Broken
-
Matchstick Men
-
Mildred Pierce
-
Ladybird Ladybird
-
Annie