movie review: i am sam

this 2001 drama movie lead by an award winning actor sean penn pushes me through to share a review. this motion picture is about a father who is suffering for a developmental disability- sam (sean penn) he left by his wife rebecca after giving birth to lucy dawson (dakota fanning) because of his situation. with the help of his friends who has the same condition like sam they took care lucy very well but lucy sometimes feel embarrassed when her friends and schoolmates bullying her to have a "retard" father. on the advice of his friends, sam come to reach rita harrison (michelle pfeiffer) a lawyer that handled the case of sam. during the trial period lucy resides to her foster parents. sam moved to a place where lucy lived in to somehow see his daughter. there were nights that lucy ran into sam's apartment to sleep with him, while sam immediately returns her. during the trial sam breaks down when the counsel convinces him that he is not capable for being a father because he has an i.q of a 7-year old, his group of friends truly support him throughout with the help of her lawyer, and kind neighbor- anne. however, the foster family who planned to adopt lucy decided to return her to sam.

moral lesson? the capability of a person to love and to take responsibilities  is not being measured based on his i.q or even his disabilities, it is surely measured on the heart- the heart that can love unconditionally.