"I Am Sam" Movie Review1. Film TitleI Am Sam2. Year of production 2001 (theatrical) ? 2002 (Home Video)3. Function duration 134 minutes4. DirectorJessie Nelson5. Producers and studio director/producer Jessie Nelson, executive producer David Scott Rubin and producers Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Richard Solomon.New Line Home Entertainment6. Main Character CastSam Dawson played by Sean PennRita Harrison played by Michelle PfeifferLucy Diamond Dawson played by Dakota Fanning7. Brief synopsisThe mentally disabled Sam Dawson is a single father fighting to maintain custody of his daughter Lucy with the help of his pro-bono lawyer, Rita Harrison.11. Comparative Information The film portrays Sam Dawson as a mentally deficient parent. The closest the film, and any resource on it, comes to giving an actual diagnosis of his condition is given by a judge in the film who states ?? you have the mental capacity of a 7 year old.? This film revolves around Sam's fight for the right to raise his daughter beyond the age of 7. The film also has many sociological aspects that correspond to the relationship between Sam and his daughter, Lucy's relationship and the effects on them separately. After the amount of legal proceedings Sam goes through in the film, I expected to hear a formal diagnosis or at least a technical term for Sam's mental abilities, but there was none. Some of the symptoms described...