I Am Sam Critic Reviews
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Not about the justice or injustice of the legal system. Rather it's about the tragedy of Sam's predicament.Read the full review
A warm, hard-to-resist story.Read the full review
Ham-handedly manipulative film.Read the full review
The kind of performance Penn delivers in I Am Sam, which may look hard, is easy, compared, say, to his amazing work in Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown."Read the full review
Just don't believe the anti-hype. There are lots of reasons to have a good cry these days -- here's a nice, warm place to get squeezed.Read the full review
The dumbing down of low-IQ sentimentality.Read the full review
Not a bad movie, and its intentions are unimpeachable. But its sentimentality is so relentless and its narrative so predictable that the life is very nearly squeezed out of it.Read the full review
Well-intentioned but ludicrous tale.Read the full review
Contrived, manipulative and shamelessly sentimental, this film is notable for the courageous reach of Sean Penn, who gives a bold, heartfelt performance.Read the full review
Drawn out and dishonest in equal measure, Sam fights it out with "The Majestic" for the title of worst "important" movie of the year.Read the full review
