Chapter 1570: You will never be lonely if you are full of kindness and love.
Although "I Am Sam" received good reviews from screenings and received good box office success after being released in North America, its reputation is gradually declining.
Because there have been some controversies.
The crux of the controversy remains whether a man like "Sam" can be a good father?
"Although the father-daughter relationship between Sam and Lucy in "I Am Sam" is indeed touching, from an educational point of view, from all aspects, he is obviously not suitable! Or for the mentally retarded group.
People, they can’t even take good care of themselves, let alone raise their children?”
""I Am Sam" is too idealistic. The existence of child protection agencies is necessary. In the film, Lucy is in a foster home and her life is obviously better than living with Sam in all aspects.
Father's love is indeed like a mountain, but by the same token, father's love cannot represent everything, nor can it replace everything.
What will happen to Sam and Lucy, father and daughter, in the end? Let us wait and see!"
"You think she is good for you, and then you deprive her of her right to enjoy her father's love, but you don't know, is this really good for her? The conditions of foster families are certainly good, but how many such foster families are there?
The friend Lucy talked about was homeless in multiple foster homes and was adopted six times, but what was the result?
"It's okay, Dad, it's okay. Don't be sad, I'm lucky, other people's fathers won't take their children to the park."
This sentence actually explains everything!"
"A normal father may not be able to do better than Sam?
Just because of his defective IQ, he was deprived of the right to coexist with his daughter. The so-called child protection agencies, I didn't see what they protected, I only saw that they almost deprived Sam of his right to be a father!
In America, we always pursue freedom and equality, but why aren't we granting equality to people with intellectual disabilities like Sam?
According to the child protection agency, Sam's IQ is equivalent to that of a seven-year-old child. They protect children like Lucy, but why don't they protect older children like Sam?"
"When we think of our parents, we don't remember whether they could calculate the multiplication table or know the capitals of each state. We only remember their love."
However, what is interesting is that after "I Am Sam" was released in China, it really received rave reviews.
Perhaps this is also due to different national conditions and environments.
Chinese people always pay more attention to family ties.
"Sam's hesitant fatherly love several times, the female lawyer tried to escape Sam several times, but then helped him again and again. This may not be a responsibility, the lawyer may help him fight for free out of face.
It’s a lawsuit, but it’s really about people who love each other, and it’s so touching. This film has great value in a humanistic sense.”
"The most touching thing is not Sam's love for Lucy, but the understanding and tolerance of the people around Sam! That is the maturity of this society!"
"I was sitting in the subway and suddenly I remembered Sam sitting in the police car and yelling: "You can't do this to her! Today is her birthday! Run Lucy!" - and then I couldn't help crying!"
"Lucy's mother, who has ordinary intelligence, never fulfilled her maternal duties, but Sam, who has an intellectual disability, is the one who understands love best."
"When I was a child, my mother had the idea of running away from home many times. After all, facing a husband who was moody and prone to domestic violence and being implicated for the rest of her life was very despairing. A good woman shouldn't have such a life, especially in her heart.
A good woman with rich layers, easy to empathize, and low in tears. Her husband's indifference and selfishness are insurmountable iron walls on all sides, making such a marriage hopeless.
She told me that she made up her mind to stay because she found that once she left, no one would love me. She said that she must be the only person in the world who I don’t have to doubt the authenticity of her love. She lacked love in her childhood.
There will be an unbridgeable hole left in a person's heart. With such simple determination, she persisted, endured, and selflessly protected me into adulthood, making me a person with the same soft heart and able to fight against all ruthlessness.
I am not a masterpiece, but that doesn't matter. Whenever I recall all the love moments in my life, I am convinced that I once had the deepest love in the world, like the one given by Sam, which has nothing to do with the class labels defined by the social system.
It is love itself, mother to son, Sam to his daughter.”
"When you see a group of mentally disabled people happily crossing the road with balloons, you must think that a group of happy waiters are really happy. No matter what our IQ is, each of us will encounter various difficulties.
We must try our best to achieve it.
When Sam encounters difficulties in life, looking for money, making coffee at work, and the lawyer helps him recite the speech, he must persevere no matter how difficult it is. Then stay optimistic and live happily. Also, love is great, no matter what
People, no matter they are disabled, sick, or in trouble, they have the right to love and have love.
Love makes people brave, allowing Sam to work hard to find a job, find a lawyer again and again, and persevere to see his daughter from the guardian. He knows how to comfort others when they are sad, how to encourage others, and how to be an honest person.
people.
As a parent, the most important thing is to teach your children those important spiritual qualities. To be able to care about your children in details, know how to tolerate them, and think about problems from the child's perspective.
As a child, the love of parents is as prominent as Sam's. No matter what shortcomings your parents have, you know how to tolerate them. No one is perfect, but they love you..."
Zhou Qingquan wrote in "Film Weekly": "Although he is mentally retarded and not rich, his love is infinite! "I Am Sam" interprets the true father's love like a mountain!
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How does 7-year-old Sam survive well in this society and have to compete with others for the custody of a young child?
This film reminds people of director Li Yi's first film "The Gift of Room No. 7". The same is about a mentally retarded father and the same is an able-bodied daughter.
But the endings of the two are completely different.
"The Gift of Room No. 7" is a complete tragedy. The father was wrongly accused and sentenced, and it was only after his daughter grew up that she helped him rehabilitate.
In fact, they are also weak and have only seven-year-old minds. When they are fighting against the powerful laws of this society, the father in "The Gift of Room No. 7" seems so powerless.
There was nothing he could do. He was not lucky enough to meet an invincible lawyer, so he could only accept it all silently.
Fortunately, "I Am Sam" is different!
The mother's ruthlessness left her in a hurry after giving birth to little Lucy, and the mentally ill Sam did not choose to abandon Lucy, but chose to raise her alone.
From being at a loss at the beginning and not even knowing how to change diapers or buy diapers, I later answered Lucy's various questions and slowly grew up with Lucy.
In this process, not only Lucy but also Sam grew up. Sam's company made Lucy's childhood full of father's love. However, the Family and Child Protection Agency of America believed that Sam, who was mentally retarded, could not raise Lucy, and this began.
Child custody battles.
The movie does not delve deeply into whether the actions of child protection organizations are really for the so-called protection of children.
The focus is more on the emotion between father and daughter.
During the fight, they had a heated argument over whether Sam could give Lucy more knowledge.
Although Sam could not teach Lucy a lot of knowledge, he could provide a lot of companionship that fathers could not give their children.
During a school activity, Lucy forgot her lines. Sam did not blame her but encouraged her, letting her slowly remember the content.
So Lucy gave a perfect explanation at the event.
On the other hand, another child also forgot his lines, and his father would only blame his child for not memorizing the lines well. The child retorted to his father that he was not interested in this topic, and the topic he wanted to choose was rejected by his father.
, questioning his father for not understanding him, the quarrel between father and son caused the speech to become a mess.
Think about how many fathers we have in life do not understand their children. They always blindly think that what they give their children is always the best. No matter what we do, we do it for the benefit of our children but never care about it.
Whether the children want it or not depends on what they are thinking.
Sam did many things that his father could not do. He fully understood Lucy and supported Lucy in what she wanted to do.
Respecting children's ideas is something that many parents cannot do, but Sam did this very well.
I think what the female lawyer said in rebuttal is worth thinking about. What is also worth thinking about is that, as normal people, we often do far less well than an abnormal person like Sam.
In terms of education, although Sam could not educate Lucy in many aspects, what he taught Lucy was his best.
Sam is extremely serious about his work. Things must be arranged neatly and classified well.
Sam was honest and trustworthy as a person. During the lawsuit, Lucy lied to the Family and Child Protection Agency in order to stay with Sam, but Sam kept telling Lucy, you have to tell the truth and not lie.
Sam could not teach Lucy good knowledge, but she taught Lucy the best qualities of a human being.
Can we do it?
Sam's mind was incomplete but his love was complete. In the end, Sam raised Lucy with a mother with normal intelligence and gave Lucy a complete education."
Some film critics also gave their interpretation.
"Movies about family love can always move people easily, and the Hollywood actor deserves to be the actor. Jerry's acting skills can only be described as impressive.
The most impressive thing about the whole drama is Lucy lying in Sam's arms and listening to her father tell a bedtime story, and the scene where Lucy secretly climbs through the window and climbs the ladder to find Sam all the way to find Sam, and then in the second half, Sam is in the court.
That speech.
I really like a very cute plot in it: Sam and a group of mentally retarded friends bought shoes for their daughter. They finally collected enough money, and then a mentally retarded friend asked the cashier: Do you have balloons for delivery? The cashier reluctantly agreed.
He continued to ask: Do you mean giving it to Lucy or to all of us? Then the camera turned and they each took a balloon and walked happily on the road.
A mentally retarded father who only has the IQ of a 7-year-old child. The cruel God gave him imperfect intelligence, but gave him an angel. Lucy received more fatherly love than any other child. The female lawyer is the representative of modern families.
He was busy with work and neglected to care for his children. There were some material things that Sam could not give to his daughter, but there were some things that other parents could not give.
Sam was desperate. His proud and indivisible pillar might be about to leave him. Then he met Rita, an autistic but highly intelligent lawyer who had a seemingly wealthy and happy family, but was separated from her son.
Gradually drifting apart, and her husband seem to be inseparable. Movies usually describe one group and compare it with another group. Sam and Rita play this role. A father with an IQ of seven years old can give his daughter the most companionship, the greatest care, and the most bravery.
Direct love, but Rita, who had a successful job and a wealthy family, was busy with her work and was powerless, so after various unimportant interactions.
In fact, to some extent, many of us are similar to Rita?
It seems that he is more glamorous than Sam and even many other people, but in reality?
In addition to material gifts, most of us cannot compare with Sam in terms of companionship.
No other dad would take his kids to the park, but Sam does almost every week!
Sam and Rita have some different feelings. The great thing about the director is that he makes these feelings come to an end, and even the scenes reflected in the movie do not exceed one minute. Because one more second is superfluous, and one more frame is enough.
It would be tacky. Although it was not revealed in the end what happened to Lucy and whether she had returned to her father, in the final scene, there was Sam, Rita, and her foster mother. She might belong to Sam, but she
She belongs to these three fathers or mothers who love her very much.
A little bit of love is not great, but it is powerful enough.
Little by little love is not legendary, it is just persistence.
Little by little love is not far away, but love is always by Lucy's side.
Little by little love does not require intelligence, only simple and sincere feelings.
Along the way, Sam experienced ups and downs. He lost his dignity and was ridiculed for his low intelligence. But he never lost his most important thing, love.
His love warmed Lucy, Lucy's adoptive parents, and even the lawyer.
Sam is like the faintest star in the sky. Although it is a faint light, he is tolerant, kind and simple enough. That is why he always has someone to accompany him through the catastrophe.
He was kind to others and even more kind to himself.
Gentle love has nothing to do with intelligence. It has to do with temperament.
No matter how desperate some people are and how desperate they are for the world, they will always be full of kindness and love.
There will always be cold and dark nights in this world, but if you are full of kindness and love, you will never be lonely."
