I Am Sam

Continuity mistake: Just after Sam's friends leave the diner, he makes a comment about how slowly Rita is eating. The little girl in the booth behind Sam reaches for her drink in 2 consecutive shots (presumably only a second apart). (01:49:15)

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lucy reads to Sam and refuses to read the word "difficult" her hair is tucked behind her ear in at least three different ways in different shots. (00:26:10)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Rita comes to Sam's workplace her car gets towed away. The time it takes from leaving the car till it actually hangs on the hook is exactly one minute - unbelievably fast even for traffic police as efficient as in the States. (00:53:10)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Sam comes to visit Lucy at her foster home for the first time he comes walking down a rather steep road. Shortly before he stops close to the house he is suddenly walking uphill, and when he turns around there is only a low-lying area behind him. (01:32:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Sam takes Lucy home after she was born he is sitting in the bus with the baby on his lap. One can tell from the baby's eyebrows that it not the same as as the one used in the delivery scene and the following scene at home. (00:05:00)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Sam meets Rita at her office for the first time she kicks a bowl with candies from a coffee table. The way this bowl is balanced at the edge of the table before she kicks it changes from shot to shot. (00:37:10)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Sam is organizing the sugar packets, he puts the brown ones in the front. When he puts the holders on tables they are in the middle.

Continuity mistake: Just after Sam's friends leave the diner, he makes a comment about how slowly Rita is eating. The little girl in the booth behind Sam reaches for her drink in 2 consecutive shots (presumably only a second apart). (01:49:15)

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Rita: Home.
Phone Voice: Dialing office.
Rita: Home.
Phone Voice: Dialing office.
Rita: Home, goddamn IT.
Phone Voice: Dialing Dr. Sloan.

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Trivia: Dakota Fanning's younger sister Elle makes her film debut, portraying Lucy at age 2. Incidentally, both Dakota and Elle go by their middle names; Dakota's full name is Hannah Dakota Fanning while Elle is Mary Elle Fanning.

Jeff Swanson

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Question: At Lucy's birthday party one of the kids says that Lucy said that she was adopted. Did Lucy really say this or was the boy lying?

Answer: But when Lucy is put under oath and talks to the judge she tells him that she never said that she was adopted and even says that kids lie about stuff.

Exactly! She told a lie - and then admitted that kids (including herself in her previous statement) lie.

KeyZOid

Answer: Based on Lucy's reaction to and disbelief over the boy saying that she said she was adopted, it appears that Lucy did tell the boy she was adopted. Lucy was shocked and embarrassed over her father being informed of what she said. Lucy loves her father but has reached the age where she sees that he is "different from the other fathers." She is sensitive over her friend calling her father a "retard" and mocking him by repeating some things he says, such as "Sorry Mr. Egg."

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