I Am Sam (Movie)

I Am surface-to-air missile- Assessment Sam is the main character in I Am Sam. He faces a number of issues throughout the movie, but the main hardship is to gain custody of his daughter. Sams role is a mentally mentally retarded male, with a mental capacity of a seven stratum old. Sams daughter, Lucy, is seven and her teachers fear that Sams aptitude is holding her lynchpin because she does not want to be smarter than her fetch. Lucy loves Sam very much, however she knows he was not the average father, as she told her lift out friend that she was adopted.Lucy is taken away from Sam by the authorities and is only given visitational rights for a join of hours each week while under supervision. Sam desperately seeks to gain back custody of Lucy. The onslaught Sam uses to muddle through this adversity, is trying to find a lawyer who can represent him in court. Rita Harrison Williams is a top-notch lawyer and informs Sam he cant afford her. As a result, Ritas work colleagues assum e she would never do Pro Bono because she is too good for that, however to Sams advantage, Rita decides to prove them wrong and takes Sams case on Pro Bono.This is great for Sam because he gets a top-quality lawyer to represent him in court for free, this illustrates Sam would have never been open to afford a lawyer in the first place, as Sam is aw atomic number 18 of this himself, saying Yeah, because I make $8. 00 an hour at Starbucks. Per hour. Its an hourly rate. To a large extent, I think this tactical manoeuvre had benefited Sam as he had an excellent lawyer, which gave him a better chance to have some rights to Lucy.Rita knows Sams chances are slim for getting full custody of Lucy but in the end, with all characters plan of attack to an agreement, Sam gets joint custody of Lucy with her adoptive parents which was of crucial importance both to the relationship between father and daughter and most importantly Lucy having a well balanced upbringing and not being held back i ntellectually, emotionally or financially. Without Rita, Sam would have lost all his visiting rights to Lucy and this would have led to the ending of Sam mentally even further.This is why I believe Rita had a significant impact, with such a successful outcome. This look at has changed my views on parents with a disability and them having normal children. Sam realized he couldnt raise Lucy by himself and yearned for Lucy to have a set out. Sam to Randy (adoptive mother) If I tell you a secret, that I cant do it by myself because I always wanted Lucy to have a mother Help. I need somebody. Help. Not just anyone. I believe that mentally retarded people are capable of well-favored loads of love to a child, they would cherish them heaps, but I dont think they can give their child/ren the required thought mentally, intellectually or financially. If people with mental disabilities so desire to raise their child, they should be granted joint custody with another sound adoptive family, a s in this particular film, thus I dont know if a coarse amount of adoptive parents in this day and age would be accommodating to this kind of arrangement.This movie similarly portrays to what extent a parent is willing to sacrifice their environment, security and finances both mentally and physically for their child/ren. This movie couldnt really help me as a person, as I happen it does not relate to me directly, though the clear message I obtained was, there is always a dissolving agent for an issue, so long as you consider others involved and meet half way and compromise so you achieve a positive outcome for all parties involved, not just for ones self-seeking way.Sam also taught Rita the substance of love and whether you could endure love single-handedly, however this was very apparent in the film as having a negative outcome if it was solely based on love alone. I would rate the movie I Am Sam 7 out of 10 because I liked the ideas, morals and story zephyr of the film, but it had some inauspicious aspects to it. The idea to base the movie on a mentally retarded man is unique and I admire bizs that are out of the ordinary.However, the critical aspect of the film was, its predictability, most of the scenes/settings had a blue tinge to it (e. g. court room, place where authorities were carry oning Lucy and Ritas house) giving the movie/scene a colder, detached feeling, especially in the scenes where you were suppose to have happy tears, the plot was also a tad slow although it was an emotionally touching film, Id imagine this film could have offended some viewers.Overall, I enjoyed the film and it brought a tear to my eye, though it did not keep me mesmerized, thus loosing focus now and then. I would recommend I am Sam to someone abstracted to watch a movie that will touch them emotionally or someone trying to control adversity, so they learn compromise, but otherwise its not really a film I would recommend to anyone for the sake of it.