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Not only does the manipulative I Am Sam oversimplify a complex issue, it drowns it in treacle.
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Penn repeatedly hits the ball out of the park, but the rest of the team never gets past first base. Nov 6, 2002 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Penn repeatedly hits the ball out of the park, but the rest of the team never gets past first base.
Jeff Strickler
It's a sensational performance, and [Penn] illumines a movie that sometimes seems in danger of descending into modish Hollywood political correctness. Jul 20, 2002 | Rating: 2.5/4
It's a sensational performance, and [Penn] illumines a movie that sometimes seems in danger of descending into modish Hollywood political correctness.
Michael Wilmington
Nelson plumbs the enormous sentiment quota with the relentless persistence of an oil well drill until it erupts in a syrupy geyser. Apr 15, 2002 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Nelson plumbs the enormous sentiment quota with the relentless persistence of an oil well drill until it erupts in a syrupy geyser.
Danny Graydon
On one level, I Am Sam is a crock, but on another, more vital one, it's very, very sweet. Mar 22, 2002 | Full Review…
On one level, I Am Sam is a crock, but on another, more vital one, it's very, very sweet.
David Edelstein
Plays out in such a conventional manner that it feels like a TV movie of the week from the '70s. Mar 4, 2002
Plays out in such a conventional manner that it feels like a TV movie of the week from the '70s.
Bill Muller
For a movie that probes the sensitive issue of living with reduced mental capacity, are the creators of Bambi the obvious choice? Jan 25, 2002 | Rating: 1/5
For a movie that probes the sensitive issue of living with reduced mental capacity, are the creators of Bambi the obvious choice?
Desson Thomson
Moving film with great acting seems too contrived. Dec 24, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Moving film with great acting seems too contrived.
Nell Minow
Sean Penn gives the most professionally shameful, cruelly wrongheaded performance ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, while Jessie Nelson Kristine Johnson's script lives down to Penn's ugly ineptitude with idiotic catchphrases and product placement. Sep 25, 2010 | Rating: 0/4 | Full Review…
Sean Penn gives the most professionally shameful, cruelly wrongheaded performance ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, while Jessie Nelson Kristine Johnson's script lives down to Penn's ugly ineptitude with idiotic catchphrases and product placement.
Nick Rogers
And I think I am sick. Sep 23, 2004 | Full Review…
And I think I am sick.
Thomas Delapa
Sean Penn may be the most gifted actor of his generation. Jun 19, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Sean Penn may be the most gifted actor of his generation.
Sara Michelle Fetters
Just watching Penn and Fanning interact...is worth wading through the occasionally ankle-deep syrup. Feb 8, 2003 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Just watching Penn and Fanning interact...is worth wading through the occasionally ankle-deep syrup.
John R. McEwen
This movie plays like an after-school special or a public service announcement. Jan 23, 2003 | Rating: 4/10 | Full Review…
This movie plays like an after-school special or a public service announcement.
John Venable
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