In the movie, Sam was subject to being analyzed based on components that really wouldn 't effect how suitable of a parent he was for Lucy. If he didn 't have “autistic tendencies” or wasn 't “mentally retarded,” he most likely wouldn 't be subject to such critical analysis. When my father was trying to obtain full custody of me, he had to go through such evaluations and analysis and I remember my mom saying that the process wouldn 't have been so lengthy if it weren 't for his mental illness. This film was really moving, as I couldn 't help but underline the parallels that I noticed between Lucy and her dad and my dad and
In the movie, Sam was subject to being analyzed based on components that really wouldn 't effect how suitable of a parent he was for Lucy. If he didn 't have “autistic tendencies” or wasn 't “mentally retarded,” he most likely wouldn 't be subject to such critical analysis. When my father was trying to obtain full custody of me, he had to go through such evaluations and analysis and I remember my mom saying that the process wouldn 't have been so lengthy if it weren 't for his mental illness. This film was really moving, as I couldn 't help but underline the parallels that I noticed between Lucy and her dad and my dad and