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.
Release Date: 25 January 2002Runtime: 132 min
Stars:
- Brad Silverman
- Dakota Fanning
- Dianne Wiest
- Doug Hutchison
- Joseph Rosenberg
- Ken Jenkins
- Laura Dern
- Loretta Devine
- Mason Lucero
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Richard Schiff
- Rosalind Chao
- Sean Penn
- Stanley DeSantis
- Wendy Phillips
Director: Jessie Nelson
