Simon Birch

1998
PG
1h 54m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

23K

YOUR RATING

A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.

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A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.

Director
- Mark Steven Johnson
Writers
- Mark Steven Johnson
- John Irving
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

23K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Mark Steven Johnson
Writers
- Mark Steven Johnson
- John Irving
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total

User reviews236

Featured review

8/10

A very good, bittersweet film

I have watched the movie twice, once with my wife and once with my children.

It is a great movie and totally undeserving of some of the juvenile comments posted here.

It is a story of a 12 year old extremely undersized boy who is a freak to many, a best friend to another and ends up being a hero. All through the movie he talks of God having a plan for him and that his small stature is a part of that plan.

Don't compare it to the book it is "suggested" from. Neither does justice to the other.

Don't miss it.

john-1729
Nov 25, 2004
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Trivia
Author John Irving doubted his novel, "A Prayer for Owen Meany", could ever be turned into a film, and sold the screen rights on the condition it not be released under the same name as his book. Irving himself provided the name Simon Birch for the producers to use in place of Owen Meany.

Goofs
The fateful Christmas in question is in December 1964, but a news item on the radio reports a speech given by President Kennedy, killed a year earlier.

Quotes
Simon: Your mother is so sexy, sometimes I forget she's someone's mother.
Joe: What if I said the same thing about your mother?
Simon: I'd have you committed.