Release Year: 2001 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 132 minutes Director: Jessie Nelson Producer: Jessie Nelson, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Richard Solomon, Ed Zwick Distributor: New Line Cinema
Sam Dawson is a mentally-challenged father raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, their close bond is threatened when their situation comes to the attention of a social worker who wants Lucy placed in foster care.