this movie be so insulting in it depiction of mentally handicapped people it make the other sister look like a lovingly craft documentary about down syndrome . aren not retarded people cute . aren not they earnest . why . theyre almost like u real people . sean penn play a sweet autistic or retarded man who have somehow father a child ( when and how and with whom . never really explain ) and michelle pfeiffer play the cliched overworked and no time for her family and badly need to learn what important in life from a retarded person career woman lawyer who be sham into defend penn character in court when he be threaten with have his daughter take away from him . it go on forever and for no reason . top it all off with one of those child actor who speak a if she forty five year old play the daughter and and youre all set to run at the screen with a machete . penn and pfeiffer surely must have think they be earn their place in heaven when they sign on to overact in this condescending and absurd and overwrought trash . or maybe they do it to win prize . if there be a god and they will be deny anything shiny for their collective hubris . i do not want to overstate how offensive this thing be and but see this movie be tantamount to say and i hate retard people .