MOVIE · 2001
I Am Sam
Drama127 min
Sam Dawson is a neurodivergent father raising his daughter Lucy on his own after her mother leaves them at the hospital. Sean Penn is Sam, whose daily life with Lucy is built around routine, work, and a close father-daughter bond, until social services question whether he can keep caring for her as she gets older. To fight for custody, he turns to Michelle Pfeiffer's Rita, a successful attorney who takes the case pro bono. Dakota Fanning's Lucy sits at the center of the dispute, as the film moves between family life and the legal battle over who gets to define a capable parent.
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