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TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Feb-Aug 2002: I Am Sam

Jbean

Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 03:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
wow! i saw this movie today, and it is AWESOME! has anyone seen it? i am guessing all kinds of oscar nominations for this one. very moving and emotional. be prepared to cry, though. not a big sean penn fan, but his performance was awesome. can't praise this movie enough.

Teddybear

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 06:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I love this movie! I have gone twice. I went opening weekend, then I went last weekend as well. He is a GREAT actor!! My favorite part was Rita broke down in Sam's apartment though! Whew! I needed a bucket!

Jbean

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
teddybear, i pretty much cried from beginning to end! this movie is awesome. i thought it was sweet that anytime someone was crying he would go hug them and tell them it would be ok. also i liked the part when they were at the restaurant and he wanted to pay and she made that comment about him wanting to be an adult and him saying that it mattered to him what she thought. i'm glad someone besides me has seen this, i thought i was the only one!

Teddybear

Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 07:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jbean, those are all great parts. Just reading your post and remembering those parts, I was about to starting to tear up again! I also loved the parts when his friends had made those signs for him!

Julieboo

Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 11:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I really did like this movie. However, if you really thought about it realistically, you could pick it apart....

Teddybear

Friday, February 08, 2002 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What do you mean Julieboo?

Enbwife

Friday, February 08, 2002 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved this movie too! The little girl was amazing and so was Sean Penn. I cried so hard through it. I wasn't that interested in seeing it at first but went with friends. Awesome!!!

Julieboo

Friday, February 08, 2002 - 06:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I mean how could Sam have actually made it with Lucy to age 7? Like how would he know how to get her immunizations, toilet training, all sorts of stuff.... I have a 2 year old and as I went along with him, there was so much involved. Just raising a kid is such hard work. I guess you could say that the neighbor lady helped him, but there is so much involved with raising a child. I really don't think he could have done it without major help...

And like when he got moved to serving coffee, don't you think they would have slowly eased him into it? And maybe the lawyer would have asked the boss to make sure Sam left work on time.

I really got teary many times and overall I liked the movie a lot. I am very critical of movies being realistic which sometimes makes me a hard judge of movies.

Myjohnhenry

Friday, February 08, 2002 - 08:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't seen the movie yet, but do personally know developmentally disabled people who have successfully or semi successfully managed to keep their children with varying degrees of assistance.

The bad thing about movies and tv is that they have to speed up how quickly things happen although again I must say that sometimes people with challenges are not eased into new work tasks any more slowly than the rest of us would be.

I am looking forward to seeing the movie and will definitely take lots of tissues or have them on hand at home if I don't see it before it comes out on video.

Bookworm

Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 08:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I want to see this. I saw clips of it on Oprah and both Sean and the girl are amazing. Nightcrawler works with developmentally challenged adults and agreed Sean Penn does an excellent job becoming Sam.

Teddybear

Monday, February 11, 2002 - 08:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I see your points, Julieboo... not very realistic.

Jbean

Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 03:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
But it was SO amazing anyway. like mjh pointed out some of these individuals can sucessfully manage children. it was a good story nonetheless. i really liked it a whole lot. JMHO

Whowhere

Monday, March 11, 2002 - 09:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great movie!! Very touching! My favorite scene was in the shoe store. Priceless!! Then they all walk across the street holding their balloons. Too cute!!

Merlin

Monday, March 11, 2002 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw this movie yesterday. I loved it from the beginning to the end. I went into the movie with no idea of what to expect other than I knew Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer were in the movie.

Dakota Fanning who played the role of Lucy was captivating to me. It brought back memories of my daughters when young and they would look at me with that wide eyed innocence and unconditional love.

This is a movie I could see over. It had a great ending and for me it was a movie that left me with a good feeling.