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Sam Dawson is a mentally challenged father raising his daughter Lucy with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, their close bond is threatened when their situation comes under the scrutiny of a social worker who wants Lucy placed in foster care. Faced with a seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and forms an unlikely alliance with Rita Harrison, a high-powered, self-absorbed attorney who initially takes his case pro bona as a challenge from her colleagues. On the surface the two couldn't be further apart, but in reality they are subtly similar. Sam's compulsive nature is mirrored in Rita's more socially acceptable obsessive-compulsive nature. Together they struggle to convince the system that Sam deserves to get his daughter back and, in the process, fuse a bond that results in a unique testament to the power of unconditional love.

Production
New Line Cinema (presents); Avery Pix (in association with) (as "sam" productions gmbh & co. kg); Bedford Falls Productions (as a bedford falls company); Red Fish Blue Fish Films (as red fish, blue fish films);

Cast Names
Michael McElroy; Roma Maffia; Sean Penn; Michelle Pfeiffer; Dakota Fanning; Dianne Wiest; Loretta Devine; Richard Schiff; Laura Dern; Brad Silverman; Joseph Rosenberg; Stanley DeSantis; Doug Hutchison; Rosalind Chao; Ken Jenkins; Wendy Phillips; Mason Lucero; Scott Paulin; Bobby Cooper; Kit McDonough; Kimberly Scott; Michael B. Silver; Caroline Keenan; Eileen Ryan; Mary Steenburgen; Marin Hinkle; Chase MacKenzie Bebak; Rafer Weigel; Emiko Parise; Pamela Dunlap;

Box Office
USD 40,270,895

Release Date
2001-12-03 (premiere)
2001-12-28 (New York City, New York)
2001-12-28 (Los Angeles, California)
2002-01-04 (limited)
2002-01-25

Genres
Drama;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for language.

Running Time
2 hr. 12 min.

Director
Jessie Nelson

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this is dramatic movie with the great acting of each actors...Good job Sean Penn and Dakota Fanning.
I used this movie for my last examination paper and the the result was great...Tx}

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7:27pm on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

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