PG-13 | 2h 12min | Drama, Family | 28 December 2001 (USA)
Let’s get this out of the way first and be done with it. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone here when I say I don’t align with Sean Penn politically. He’s entitled to his opinions and, under the rights afforded to him by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, he is free to express those views and I, as an American and ardent constitutionalist, will forever defend his right to do so. That’s how this country works, at least for the time being.
My job is to critique movies and, as such, I am required to separate the off-screen beliefs of artists from their work, and Penn’s carefully measured performance as a mentally challenged single parent in “I Am Sam” is among the most impressive I’ve ever witnessed by any actor in any movie. There, done….