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Sean Penn plays a retarded man with a seven year old daughter (played by the radient Dakota Fanning), the result of a brief fling with a homeless woman we see in montage. Sam (Penn) works at a menial lob at a local Starbucks, and is known by and liked by all the cutomers. He has a group of five similarly retarded male friends, who gather each night for some regular activity, according to which day of the week it is. The daughter's school authorities note a shift in her behavior and call Sam in for a conference. Soon after he is mistakenly arrested for talking to a hooker. This gets the system involved and the child is taken away from Renn. He seeks legal help and over time his persistance with high level attorney Michele Pfieffer causes her to relent and represent him pro bono. The court has to determine custody of the girl and considers the favorable testimony the testimony of physician Mary Steenbergen and neighbor Dianne Weist. The battle continues. Penn is remarkable in this role, consistent and believable. I held this at arm's length at the beginning but by the end was quite caught up in it. Recommended.
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Ouch. This was one role where I thought Penn should have passed. Having spent a fair amount of time around mentally handicapped adults, my wife manages five goup homes, I found his performance anything but believable. My wife cringed at his speech and physical mannerisms. Which is not an indictment of Penn, as he did a better job than Ribisi and Lewis in "The Other Sister." I found his mannerisms and speech almost as though he has watched other performances of mentally handicapped adults rather than spending time with other mentally handicapped adults for his frame of reference.The movie I felt to be predictable. As though Hollywood, once again on it's soapbox, this time telling us that mentally handicapped people are people too. I am often tired of Hollywood coming late to the party, then acting like they are telling us something we did not know.
is what I considered to be the most convincing portrayal of a disabled adult that I have seen. I also feel the portrayal of autism on the screen is pretty bad. Usually have some remarkable talent or magical quality which unfortunately is generally not true.
... or one with better taste in picking roles than Penn these days?
Billy Bob's "Slingblade" and "Rain Man," actors were attracted to these kinds of films like flies to shit.
I think Sean's last worthwhile effort was "Dead Man Walking."
Of course, one holds such a talent to the highest standards.
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