well and that be not the great movie to spend six fifty on . in the beginning and i bit my lip with frustration . toward the middle and i be groan inwardly . by the end and i sat in my seat fill with shock and ranting to my friend and anyone else who would listen . obviously and not enough research go into this film . sam ( sean penn ) be an unrealistic character . the character explain that he have autistic tendency and be retard . no . i have deal intimately with autism ( live with someone who have it and work at a daycare for child with it and go to preschool in a class with well over half people with disability ) for over sixteen year and and i can tell you that sam be well off his marker . he be far too high functioning for some of his low functioning trait . in other word and he become incredibly capable when the plotline require it and then appear to be quite low functioning at other time . he know the beatles like the back of his hand . okay . i can go for that . but how do he apply the song and life story to and draw complex connection from the beatles to his own life . how can he come up with these life lesson for his daughter and profound statement for just the right time ( always set your dream high and lucy . you need to leave your husband . you do not know what it like when you try and you try and you try and and you never get there . ) . so he be high function enough to do all that and but he can not make a drink at starbucks after many year there . he can not understand concept simple than the profound exclamation he make . some of the other disabled people in the movie be well do . however and the man who the filmmaker apparently want to appear to have autism ( the one who keep rattle off movie and their release date ) be a cheap rain man rip off but plausible . the large problem with him however and the thing that make me not believe in him and be that he seem capable of analyze the character in the movie of which he speak . while this only happen once or twice and it be enough to cause me frustration . also and there be very little to no background give . how do sam have a baby . how do he hook up with a woman and hooker or not . how do he raise a child alone ( except for the help of a woman who never leave home ) for seven year . how do he know what diapers to buy . how and how and how . how do all of these plot hole sneak by . this only serve to confuse viewer and give an unstable view of sam ability . more hows be generate than answer . the best thing to come out of this movie be dakota fanning ( lucy and sam daughter ) . she be the most believable character and and seem to innately know how to act and react . laura dern ( randy and foster mother ) be also fantastic . she obviously just want the best for little lucy . sean penn do the best he know how for sam and but it just wasn not up to par . with a script that have adequate research and a well defined character with a well define disability and and some more research on his part and he would have fare much well . many think this be just a movie and doesn not deserve harsh criticism and but face it and this be what the general public see of disability . this be what the average person think about people with autism . they will get their education about disability from movie like this one . and what theyre see be a false image . i be so sick of see autism misrepresent in cinema . if you want to see a good drama that deal with disability and rain man be the best . dustin hoffman portrayal of autistic savant raymond be dead on i believe that he be autistic . the next best be what eat gilbert grape . leonardo dicaprio do an excellent job with his autistic character arnie and a completely unrecognizable change from the dicaprio in titanic or romeo and juliet . if you do want to watch i be sam and knock yourself out . just do not waste any of your time believe it .