| I Am Sam Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Directed by Jessie Nelson. Screenplay by Kristine Johnson and Nelson.
Starring Sean Penn, Dakota Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer. Running time: 124
minutes. Rated PG for mild language and mature theme by the MFCB. Reviewed
on February 10th, 2002. more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| Well, maybe twice--once during a courtroom sequence in which director
Jessie Nelson’s jump cutting gets a little too, well, jumpy, and once when
Laura Dern’s foster mom character comes to Sam (Sean Penn) in the middle of
the night and Sam says something...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is a working adult with the IQ of a 7-year old. When
he befriends a homeless woman, gets her pregnant and is abandoned, he is
left with a baby girl to raise alone. Seeing Sam's predicament, a kindly
reclusive neighbor, Annie...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| I AM SAM (2001)
Rated PG-13; running time 132 minutes
Studios: New Line Cinema
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.iamsammovie.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0277027
Written by: Kristine...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2/4) |
| I AM SAM (2001) 2 stars out of 4. Starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianne
Weist, Dakota Fanning, Richard Schiff, Loretta Devine, Doug Hutchison and Laura
Dern. Music by John Powell. Written by Kristine Johnson & Jessie Nelson.
Directed by Jessie...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| I Am Sam (2001)
Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Joseph
Rosenberg, Brad Allan Silverman, Doug Hutchison, Loretta Devine, Richard
Schiff, Laura Dern, Mary Steenburgen. Screenplay by Kristine Johnson &
Jessie Nelson. Directed by...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| I won’t say this isn’t a lovable movie. There are certainly those who love
it. And Lord knows writer/director Jessie Nelson (who penned “Stepmom” and “The
Story of Us”) has labored hard to make it lovable. I suspect lovability
software figured...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10) |
| PLOT:
A mentally challenged man who raises his daughter from birth to the age of
seven, must now demonstrate his ability to raise her beyond that age in court.
You see, his mental capacity is also that of a seven-year old, so Social
Services isn't...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10) |
| Sean Penn delivers a powerhouse performance as Sam Dawson, a mentally challenged
man who fights for the right to raise his young daughter. Dawson, who buses
tables at a Los Angeles Starbucks, is left with a newborn when her homeless
mother skips out on...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| What do you get when you cross a 2+ hour Starbucks commercial with KRAMER VS.
KRAMER and a five pound bag of sugar? Jessie Nelson's I AM SAM.
(Appropriately, the long first scene is a close-up of Sam arranging and
rearranging packets of sugar.) more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
New Line Cinema
Director: Jessie Nelson
Writer: Kristine Johnson, Jessie Nelson
Cast: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Doug
Hutchison, Stanley DeSantis, Brad Silverman, Loretta Devine,
Laura Dern...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Robert Marley (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| In the film, Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is a mentally challenged single
father raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning). Sam is a sweet,
good-natured man who earns a living by sweeping up at a local coffee
store. His mental capacity is that of a...more |
| I Am Sam Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 9/10) |
| You know the year is winding down when Hollywood's biggest stars are reduced
to quivering, tormented lumps of flesh. It's impossible to throw a stone
without hitting some film that fancies itself an Oscar contender and
features an A-lister (or two)...more |
