Editing I Am Sam (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 35% based on reviews from 145 critics, with an average rating of 4.7/10. The site's consensus reads: "Not only does the manipulative ''I Am Sam'' oversimplify a complex issue, it drowns it in treacle."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |title=I Am Sam |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_am_sam/ |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 28 of 100 based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-am-sam |title= I Am Sam |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= 2020-01-31 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "A" on a scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= I AM SAM (2001) A |publisher= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018 }}</ref>

[[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "''I Am Sam'' is not a bad movie, and its intentions are unimpeachable. But its sentimentality is so relentless and its narrative so predictable that the life is very nearly squeezed out of it."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9502E0D71031F93BA15751C1A9679C8B63|first=A. O.|last=Scott |author-link= A. O. Scott |title=Movie Review – 'I Am Sam' – A Retarded Man Tries to Keep His Child|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 28, 2001}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Undone by its best intentions, ''I Am Sam'' is an especially insipid example of the Hollywood message movie".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/i-am-sam-2-1200552185/|first=Robert|last=Koehler|title=I Am Sam Review|magazine=Variety| date=December 20, 2001 }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] wrote that "The lesson {{'}}''I Am Sam''{{'}} wants to teach us is, 'All you need is love.' This is not quite strictly true. Sam loves his daughter more than anyone else, and she loves him, but it will take more than love for him to see her through grade school and adolescence and out into the world. Since the movie does not believe this, it has a serious disagreement with most of the audience." Ebert also criticized the [[morality tale]] character of the movie, saying that "You can't have heroes and villains when the wrong side is making the best sense."<ref name="RogerEbert">{{cite web|url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-am-sam-2002 |first=Roger|last=Ebert |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= I Am Sam |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|date=January 25, 2002}}</ref>

[[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reviewed it positively as a "most inviting and accessible film that turns upon a mental condition that most people would prefer not to think about."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-28-et-sam28-story.html |title=In 'I Am Sam,' Skillful Players Embrace a Heartfelt Family Tale |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 28, 2001 |first=Kevin |last=Thomas |access-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' commended Sean Penn for his performance: "Penn's accuracy, his lack of [[wikt:condescension|condescension]] or [[Sentimentality|sentiment]], and his willingness to inhabit his character without any implicit commentary take what might have been the equivalent of an inflated TV movie and elevate it to the level of art."<ref>{{cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |author-link=Mick LaSalle |date=January 25, 2002 |title=Penn plays sad 'Sam' / He's full of integrity as retarded father |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Penn-plays-sad-Sam-He-s-full-of-integrity-as-2880088.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> [[David Denby]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' found Michelle Pfeiffer to be the standout: "Pfeiffer, enormously likable in the role, almost saves the movie."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/i_am_sam_nelson |title=I Am Sam |date=February 4, 2002 |first=David |last=Denby |magazine= [[The New Yorker]] |access-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080307053807/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/i_am_sam_nelson |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Accolades===
Sean Penn was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]], the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor]] and the [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]].

Dakota Fanning won the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer]], the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in Film, the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Youth Actress, the [[Satellite Award|Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding New Talent]], and the [[Young Artist Award|Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Under]]. She was also nominated for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]].

The soundtrack was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]].

The film won the inaugural [[Stanley Kramer Award]] from the [[Producers Guild of America]] and was nominated for the [[Humanitas Prize]] and the [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film]].

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" 
! style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Category
! style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Nominee
! style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Result
|-
| [[74th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=74th Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=oscars.org|date=December 4, 2015 }}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Sean Penn]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[7th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=7th Critics' Choice Movie Awards and Nominees |url=https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107093817/https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |archive-date=2013-01-07 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=bfca.org}}</ref>
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Performer]]
| [[Dakota Fanning]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[45th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=45th Annual GRAMMY Awards |url=https://grammy.com/awards/45th-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>
| [[Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]]
| 
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Humanitas Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanitas Prize Nominees |url=https://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-nominees |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Humanitas |language=en-US}}</ref>
| 
| Kristine Johnson<br/>[[Jessie Nelson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Japanese Academy Awards]]
| colspan="2" | [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 Awards Winners |url=http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.lvfcs.org}}</ref>
| Youth in Film
| Dakota Fanning
| {{won}}
|-
| [[13th Producers Guild of America Awards|Producers Guild of America]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2011-01-06 |title=PGA honors Sean Penn with Kramer Award |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/awards/pga-honors-sean-penn-with-kramer-award-1118029838/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Stanley Kramer Award]]
| Jessie Nelson<br/>[[Edward Zwick]]<br/>[[Marshall Herskovitz]]<br/>Richard Solomon
| {{won}}
|-
| Phoenix Film Critics Society
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Youth Actress
| Dakota Fanning
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[6th Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2002 6th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards |url=http://pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107095429/http://pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |archive-date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=pressacademy.com}}</ref>
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor]]
| Sean Penn
| {{nominated}}
|-
| Special Achievement Award for Outstanding New Talent
| Dakota Fanning
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.sagawards.org}}</ref>
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Sean Penn
| {{nominated}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Dakota Fanning
| {{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[23rd Young Artist Awards|Young Artist Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=23rd Young Artist Awards |url=http://youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423085945/http://youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm |archive-date=2016-04-23 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=YoungArtistAwards.org}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | Best Family Feature Film – Drama
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Under
| Dakota Fanning
| {{won}}
|}