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Good Sam

Good Sam

Romance · Drama · Comedy · 2019

A news reporter looks into who has been anonymously leaving large cash gifts on random doorsteps in New York.

Movie details

Good Sam

“Follow the mystery. Discover a miracle.”

2019 Romance · Drama · Comedy 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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6.0 / 10

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A news reporter looks into who has been anonymously leaving large cash gifts on random doorsteps in New York.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kate Miles Melville

Written by

Teena Booth · Dete Meserve

Tiya Sircar

Tiya Sircar

Kate Bradley

Chad Connell

Chad Connell

Eric Hayes

Marco Grazzini

Marco Grazzini

Jack Hansen

Jesse Camacho

Jesse Camacho

Josh

Mark Camacho

Mark Camacho

David Dyal

Elana Dunkelman

Elana Dunkelman

Lauren

Kelly Hope Taylor

Kelly Hope Taylor

Susan Andrews

Court is in session

Put Good Sam on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.