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Movie Descriptions and Reviews
I Am Sam
Sam Dawson, a mentally-challenged father raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning). 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 put in foster care. Faced with a seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and forms an unlikely alliance with Rita Harrison, a high-powered, self-absorbed attorney who takes his case pro bono as a challenge from her colleagues. Together they struggle to convince the court that Sam should get his daughter back and, in the process, fuse a bond that results in a unique testament to the power of unconditional love.         
Tomcats
Seven years ago, a group of buddies bet each other that the last man married would win a pooled bet. Today, that bet could save Michael Delaney’s life. He owes a Vegas casino from a gambling spree and he needs the cash. There is only one person standing in his way... Kyle, another unmarried guy. It seems impossible, but Michael has a weapon... Natalie, a girl from Kyle's past.
Trapped
When Will and Karen Jennings are held hostage and their daughter is kidnapped, a relentless 24-hour plan is set in action that will challenge everything they took for granted. Joe and Cheryl Hickey, along with their cousin Marvin Pool , have orchestrated and mastered the foolproof plan to extort money from wealthy families. As the plan escalates and unravels, Will and Karen, who are trapped in different cities, are pushed to the limit to get their daughter back alive. In their desperation, they are able to discover the true motivation, which lies beneath the crime.
Sweet Home Alabama
A New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake , the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses divorce. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back to her hometown, Alabama to confront her past, only to discover that you can take the girl out of the South, but you can never take the South out of the girl.
Taken
Taken span spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes. World War II veteran Russell Keys is plagued by nightmares of his abduction by aliens during the war; the Roswell incident transforms Owen Crawford from ambitious Air Force captain to evil shadow government conspirator; the unhappily married Sally Clarke is impregnated by an alien visitor. As the decades go by, the heirs of each are affected by the machinations of the aliens, culminating with the birth of Allie Keys, who is the final product of the aliens' experimentation and holds the key to their future.
Hansel & Gretel
Irreverent, quirky adaptation of the popular fairy tale about two children who are nearly eaten by a voracious witch while lost in the forest. Here, the kids' stepmother is deadly with an axe, and the witch's brew is 100 proof.
Uptown Girls
Molly Gunn is the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend, and the toast of the Manhattan social scene. But when her inheritance is stolen, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before - get a job. Molly becomes a nanny to precocious Ray Schleine (Dakota Fanning), an "eight-year-old going on forty." Emotionally distant from her fast-paced A&R executive mother, Roma, Ray has grown up with a revolving door of nannies and too little stability. Molly and Ray both feel painfully alone in the world, but as they try to make their new arrangement work, each discovers in the other a true friend.
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The Cat in the Hat
Conrad and Sally Walden (Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning) are home alone with their pet fish. Its a rainy day, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat (Mike Myers) walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go before their parents get back.
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