Love is all you need.
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
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Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and spare.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Sean PennSam Dawson
- Michelle PfeifferRita Harrison Williams
- Dianne WiestAnnie Cassell
- Dakota FanningLucy Diamond Dawson
- Richard SchiffMr. Turner
- Loretta DevineMargaret Calgrove
- Marin HinklePatricia
- Laura DernRandy Carpenter
- Brad SilvermanBrad
- Joseph RosenbergJoe
Crew
- Jessie NelsonDirector
- Jessie NelsonScreenplay
- Kristine JohnsonScreenplay
- Elliot DavisDirector of Photography
- John PowellOriginal Music Composer
- Richard ChewEditor
- Jessie NelsonProducer
- Richard SolomonProducer
- Edward ZwickProducer
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