She kept going back to him 🥺 🎬: I Am Sam I Am Sam (2001) is a drama film starring Sean Penn as Sam Dawson, a man with an intellectual disability who must fight for custody of his daughter, Lucy (Dakota Fanning), after social services deem him unfit to parent as she grows older. He enlists the help of a high-powered, initially reluctant lawyer, Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), who learns about love and family through his unwavering devotion to his child. The film explores themes of love, disa