Movie Paper: I Am Sam
MOVIE PAPER: I AM SAM
Movie Paper: I am Sam We live in a society where media portrays a great deal of information on a daily basis. Movies, TV shows, videos, internet etc. all accommodate with portraying the information all around the world. The advantage of media is that it can educate viewers with all the different kind of information but it can also portray false delusions especially when dealing with people with some kind of disability. For this movie paper, I chose the movie I am Sam. It’s a wonderful film about a mentally challenged man who has the power to teach others that love is really all you need.
The Diagnosis
Many diagnoses are being portrayed in this film such as, mental retardation and autism. Sam Dawson the protagonist of the movie is man who has a mental disability who has a mind of a 7 year old. He is a single father to his daughter Lucy; the mother was homeless and abandoned Sam and Lucy right after she was born. Despite his mental challenge, Sam was able to implement a loving and caring environment for Lucy with the help of his neighbor Annie. However, when Lucy turned 7 her capacity of knowledge was much greater than her fathers and she was taken away by child services and is put to a foster home. This ended up being a custody battle in the court, Sam fought hard to get custody for his own daughter. Due to the fact that he works at star bucks, he couldn’t afford a lawyer, however he still managed to find an attorney who will represent him “pro bono” (free of charge). There are many dysfunctions shown throughout the movie. As Sam’s daughter Lucy was getting older, she was assigned harder books to read with words that Sam couldn’t read.
MOVIE PAPER: I AM SAM
Therefore, Lucy pretended as if she can’t read those words as well because she doesn’t want to be smarter than her dad. She knew that he was different, and not like other dads. Sam and Lucy have a tradition to go to IHOP Wednesday nights, when they decide to change it up a bit
Movie Paper: I am Sam We live in a society where media portrays a great deal of information on a daily basis. Movies, TV shows, videos, internet etc. all accommodate with portraying the information all around the world. The advantage of media is that it can educate viewers with all the different kind of information but it can also portray false delusions especially when dealing with people with some kind of disability. For this movie paper, I chose the movie I am Sam. It’s a wonderful film about a mentally challenged man who has the power to teach others that love is really all you need.
The Diagnosis
Many diagnoses are being portrayed in this film such as, mental retardation and autism. Sam Dawson the protagonist of the movie is man who has a mental disability who has a mind of a 7 year old. He is a single father to his daughter Lucy; the mother was homeless and abandoned Sam and Lucy right after she was born. Despite his mental challenge, Sam was able to implement a loving and caring environment for Lucy with the help of his neighbor Annie. However, when Lucy turned 7 her capacity of knowledge was much greater than her fathers and she was taken away by child services and is put to a foster home. This ended up being a custody battle in the court, Sam fought hard to get custody for his own daughter. Due to the fact that he works at star bucks, he couldn’t afford a lawyer, however he still managed to find an attorney who will represent him “pro bono” (free of charge). There are many dysfunctions shown throughout the movie. As Sam’s daughter Lucy was getting older, she was assigned harder books to read with words that Sam couldn’t read.
MOVIE PAPER: I AM SAM
Therefore, Lucy pretended as if she can’t read those words as well because she doesn’t want to be smarter than her dad. She knew that he was different, and not like other dads. Sam and Lucy have a tradition to go to IHOP Wednesday nights, when they decide to change it up a bit