With Sean Penn now in the news.....what was your favorite Sean Penn movie?

I love the move where he was a single father and was "slow". Mentally.
I think the name was "I Am Sam" I have seen it 2 or 3 times and could sit through it again. It makes you laugh and feel happy and it will make you cry and feel sad.
I will have to rent Mystic River because I don't remember seeing that one. You have to admit even though he isn't the best looking guy in movies he is a good actor who really does bring any role he plays to life. You can see he really puts a lot into his acting. Oh and "Dead man Walking" was another one I like .

I love most of Sean Penn's work. I loved him as Spicoli (sp?) in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. He was excellent in State of Grace. But my favorite, I think, is Dead Man Walking. I read the book before I saw the movie, and I was not disappointed by it. Sean Penn did an excellent job.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that I'm a Sean Penn fan, ctry, but I really did enjoy Mystic River-well enough to have watched it several times and recommended it to others. The other most memorable movie he starred in that I remember, I believe was Colors, circa late '80s. I hate to make snap judgments on people, but I would imagine that he might be a hard person to live with. I was sorry to hear of the break-up of his marriage, though. It's always sad when a marriage ends.

Sean Penn well yes i do like him, he is a good actor and as you said the older he's got the better actor he has become.I have seen him in a lot of movies but i cannot remember which one was my favorite..So he is getting a divorce huh? Well i did not know that but it is not surprising, those stars and actors & actresses get a divorce from someone all of the time..They fall in love over night and it is a marriage made in heaven, they were soul mates, the whole nine yards and boom before you know it they are in divorce court fighting over who's getting what..I have to say though that i do like his acting skills and i think i would watch any movie that he is in....

I love the Thin Red Line although Penn wasn't the main actor. That was a very unorthodox war movie but extremely good. Penn is the best though. Mystic River was real good too. He's great in 21 Grams too.

I still like Fast Times at Ridgemont High the best. He's great in all of his work, but that is a personal favorite. I guess I never grew up.

It's funny that I found this discussion now. My husband and I were just talking about Mystic River. Sean Penn's performance was excellent in that. You could feel the pain and emotions. We were saying how different the character was from Fast Times @ Ridgemont High. (Which will always be one of my favorite movies for some reason!)

I never saw I am Sam, but would really like to. I also liked him in a movie I think was called Bad Boys. I remember him filling a pillow case full of cans of Coke in prison.

I Am Sam was my favorite.

I liked Robin Penn's movies better though as I thought she was more well known. Forrest Gump and Message in a Bottle are two of my favorite movies she does.

I enjoyed his role in "Dead Man Walking", it was a very believable performance. "Mystic River" was very good too. My husband even enjoyed it and he is very critical when it comes to that type of film.

I like Sean. It is sad to hear about him and Robin. I thought they were great together.My favorite Sean Penn movie is the first movie I saw him in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.I love it when he said. " If I am here isn't it Our time." Classic.