Review: I Am Sam
Penguin March 9th, 2008
Rating: 1.5/4 stars
The first two acts of I Am Sam are pretty good. You’re drawn into these characters and you want them to be together even if you question Sam’s capacity to raise Lucy.
Where the film falls apart is in the 3rd act. **Spoiler alert** After the court decides that Sam shouldn’t get custody of Lucy, he sits in his room with self pity. Then Rita (Michelle Pfieffer) comes in full of self pity and we lose that connection. What follows, is a descent into the saccharine and the artificial.
Some would say Sean Penn does a great job. But as I watched it, Dakota Fanning consistently outshines him. Everything Penn does feels like he’s trying. Fanning is so natural and effortless.
- Penguin
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