Destiny has big plans for little Simon Birch.
Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.
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Classical in form, earnest, spare and contemporary.
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- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Ian Michael SmithSimon Birch
- Joseph MazzelloJoe Wenteworth
- Ashley JuddRebecca Wenteworth
- Oliver PlattBen Goodrich
- David StrathairnReverend Russell
- Dana IveyGrandmother Wenteworth
- Beatrice WindeHilde Grove
- Jan HooksMiss Leavey
- Cecilley CarrollMarjorie
- Sumela-Rose KeramidopulosAnn
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- Mark Steven JohnsonDirector
- Mark Steven JohnsonScreenplay
- John IrvingNovel
- Aaron SchneiderDirector of Photography
- Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
- David FinferEditor
- Roger BirnbaumProducer
- Laurence MarkProducer
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