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Why is the metascore so low?


28? Seriously?! This movie should at least have something like 75

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I haven't see the movie yet. But according to "Rotten Tomatoes", the critical consensus is:

Not only does the manipulative I Am Sam oversimplify a complex issue, it drowns it in treacle.

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It really hinges way too much on schmalz.
I gave it a 6.

Where is my Mjöllnir ! Where is my Mjöllnir ! Arrrghh!

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It only goes to show that movie 'critics' are, to put it mildly, morons.

My job is to watch stupid movies and complain about them on IMDB

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