![]() This movie was a positive portrayal of individuals with disabilities because it showed that even though Sam had a disability it did not affect his ability to love. The movie wanted you to feel sympathy for him and pity him because he wanted so bad to be the father he needed to be put was held back by his disability. It was hard for him to keep up with the questions being asked and sometimes when he got confused he would quote The Beatles or things that happened to The Beatles they were his favorite band. You could really see how he struggled in the trial due to his disability. Once she got to know Sam she tried to do everything she could to help him and they even became great friends and she became a better mom because of him. This was the reverse role of Sam because all he wanted was to be with Lucy. Rita, the lawyer, was portrayed as a woman who put work before her family and kids. It was hard for him to change his routine, but he tried because Lucy asked him too even though, with his disability, it was very hard for him.ĭuring the trial to win Lucy back Sam did everything in his power to get her back. Sam went to the other restaurant but threw a fit when they did not have the pancakes that he wanted. You could also see how he struggled because Wednesday nights were IHOP nights but Lucy wanted to try a different restaurant. In one scene Sam did not have enough money to buy Lucy a new pair of shoes for school and all of the friends chipped in to pay for the shoes. He also had a group of friends, who were also disabled, that helped raise Lucy. He was portrayed as a loving and caring father who read to his daughter every night and even threw her birthday parties. All that was said is that he had the mind of a seven year old. Sam’s character is said to have autism and a mental disability but did not specify what it was exactly. So in a sense everyone wins Sam and Lucy still get to have their relationship and the couple gets a daughter and can raise and take care of her needs. The movie ends with a couple co-parenting Lucy, with Sam. Sam soon gets in trouble with social services and finds a lawyer, Rita, to help win his daughter back. He has the mind of a seven year old so things get tough when his daughter, Lucy, becomes seven and surpasses his intelligence and the kids in her classroom begin to make fun of him. This movie is about a man, Sam, with a mentally disability coping with the struggles of raising his daughter. ![]()
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