Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put to the test when some unfortunate events happen.... (Full plot summary below)
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Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put to the test when some unfortunate events happen.
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| Film Journal InternationalBruce FeldSimon Birch packs the dramatic impact of a mayonnaise sandwich on white bread. |
| Austin ChronicleHollis ChaconaOnly masterful performances keep this frankly sentimental film from foundering in a sea of syrup. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie is lively, funny, and endearing until melodramatics and sentimentality take over in the last few scenes. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserBecause the movie is otherwise so well made and so full of sweet emotion and "good" values, I was happy to ignore the shortcomings. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertEither you stand back and resist it, or you plunge in. There was something about its innocence and spunk that got to me, and I caved in. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis friendly, briefly exciting story (1998), inspired by John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, achieves a nice balance between caricature and nuanced characterization and even manages not to be cloying. |
| Village VoiceAmy TaubinThat Simon Birch is not as maudlin as it might have been is largely due to the intensely thoughtful, prickly performance of 11-year-old Ian Michael Smith, who plays Simon. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxIrving's dead-serious sense of spiritual purpose is here replaced with weepy sentiment and saccharine comedy. But knee-deep in syrup, the film manages to stand on its own -- mainly due to a terrific performance from young Smith and a host of winning supporting players. |
| Dallas ObserverM.V. MoorheadThe film is a feeble shadow of a book that won over even those of us who are no special fans of Irving -- it's probably his funniest, least self-conscious work. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAdmirers of Irving's sprawling tome are sure to find Birch a botch. |
