I Am Sam (2001)

7.4	Listal rating
7.3	IMDB rating

Drama (19), 2000s (7), Family (5), (5), Courtroom (3), 2001 (3), Illness (2), Mental Retardation (2), Romance (1), Obsession (1), Runaway (1), M:21227 (1), Usa (1), Painting (1), Single Parent (1), Custody Battle (1), Redemption (1), Starbucks Coffee (1), Foster Parent (1), Sad (1)

Description

Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become ... (more)

Directed by

Jessie Nelson

Starring (View all) :

Sean Penn

Sam Dawson

Michelle Pfeiffer

Rita Harrison Williams

Lucy Diamond Dawson

Annie Cassell

Margaret Calgrove

Mr. Turner

Randy Carpenter

Brad

Joe

Robert

Written by (View all) :

Kristine Johnson

(written by)

Jessie Nelson

(written by)

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