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"Sean Penn gives an Oscar-nominated performance as Sam, a mentally challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney (Michelle Pfeiffer) to help him regain custody of his daughter. Costars Laura Dern and Dianne Wiest."@en
""Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer give career-defining performances in this humorous and heartwarming story about a mentally challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter. An all-star supporting cast and a spectacular soundtrack complete this unforgettable story of life, love and laughter!"--Container."@en
""[A] mentally challenged father ... enlists the aid of a high- powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter"--Container."@en
""Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono"--Internet movie database summary written by Jon Reeves, October 10, 2002."
"Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need."@en
"A humorous and heartwarming story about a mentally challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help regain custody of his daughter."
"Sam Dawson is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy, for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment for Lucy, but is soon becomes apparent that she is intellectually surpassing him. When it becomes apparent she is stunting her own growth, a social worker steps in, removing Lucy and placing her in foster care. Sam seeks the help of self-absorbed laywer, Rita Harrison, who only agreees to take on Sams case free of charge, to save face with her colleagues. And so it begins: a battle of love versus ability, the individual againts an unbending system. In the center remains a father and daughter who just want to be together."
"Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He raises her, but as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school. she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam enlists a high-priced lawyer to help him regain custody of his daughter. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need."@en
"A father with an intellectual disability fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family."
"Feature film from the USA. Drama. An intellectually disabled father engages a self-absorbed lawyer to help him regain custody of his 7-year-old daughter, placed into foster care by a social worker."
"Sam Dawson is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy, for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment for Lucy, but is soon becomes apparent that she is intellectually surpassing him. When it becomes apparent she is stunting her own growth, a social worker steps in, removing Lucy and placing her in foster care. Sam seeks the help of self-absorbed laywer, Rita Harrison, who only agreees to take on Sam's case free of charge, to save face with her colleagues. And so it begins: a battle of love versus ability, the individual againts an unbending system. In the center remains a father and daughter who just want to be together."@en
"Sam Dawson is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy, for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment for Lucy, but it soon becomes apparent that she is intellectually surpassing him. When it becomes apparent she is stunting her own growth, a social worker steps in, removing Lucy and placing her in foster care. Sam seeks the help of self-absorbed laywer, Rita Harrison, who only agreees to take on Sams case free of charge, to save face with her colleagues. And so it begins: a battle of love versus ability, the individual against an unbending system. In the center remains a father and daughter who just want to be together."@en
"Sean Penn earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in this movie about an educationally subnormal adult engaged in a legal battle over the right to raise his daughter. He plays Sam Dawson, who has the mental age of seven and works in an L.A. branch of a coffee chain. His daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) has started to behave badly in school and on investigation the authorities decide that the childlike Sam may not be capable any more of raising her. Sam somehow manages to enlist the legal help of career woman and lawyer Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer). A tough career woman and lawyer she may be, but she decides to take on Sam's case pro bono..."
"Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer give career-defining performances in this humorous and heartwarming story about a mentally challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter. An all-star supporting cast and a spectacular soundtrack complete this unforgettable story of life, love and laughter!"
""...Un padre mentalmente discapacitado quien solicita la asesoría de un poderoso abogado para que lo ayude a recuperar la custodia de su hija". --Envase."
"A mentally-challenged man seeks custody of his young daughter."@en
""Sam Dawson is a developmentally disabled adult who has been singularly raising his daughter, Lucy, for all of her seven years. Sam provides a fun and loving environment for her but it soon becomes apparent that she is intellectually surpassing him. When she begins intentionally stunting her own growth so as not to hurt him, a social worker intervenes"--Container."
"A mentally challenged father who enlists the aid of a highpowered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter."@en
"Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need."@en
"Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need."
"A mentally challenged father enlists the aid of an attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter."
"A mentally challenged father enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter."

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