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.
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6.8/10
21K
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- Director
- Writers
- Mark Steven Johnson(screenplay)
- John Irving(novel "A Prayer For Owen Meany")
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Mark Steven Johnson(screenplay)
- John Irving(novel "A Prayer For Owen Meany")
- Stars
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations
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Sumela Kay
- Annas Ann
- (as Sumela-Rose Keramidopulos)
Thick Wilson
- Dr. Wellsas Dr. Wells
- (as Addison Bell)
- Director
- Writers
- Mark Steven Johnson(screenplay)
- John Irving(novel "A Prayer For Owen Meany") (suggestion)
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Storyline
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. —Thorpe89
- close up of eyes
- close up of lips
- close up of mouth
- character name as title
- simon birch character
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- Taglines
- Destiny has big plans for little Simon Birch.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG for language, emotional thematic elements, and an accident scene
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaAuthor 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.
- GoofsThe 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.
- SoundtracksYou Were There
Written, Produced and Performed by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Performance courtesy of Epic Records
Top review
What a grandma thinks about this movie
Today I watched Simon Birch for the second time. I checked it out of the library yesterday and watched it in the afternoon. And today I saw it again. I am so impressed by all the actors, they were perfect. Especially little Ian Michael Smith. And I didn't mind being emotionally manipulated at all. I looked up the movie on the internet, that's how I found this site, and until now all the reviews were kind of negative. Well, I thought it was wonderful, and I may even watch it one more time before returning it. So there! And oh, Ashley Judd. She is so beautiful anyway, but in this movie she was almost angelic. Well, everyone was so good. Oliver Platt was great, and the two boys were magnificent. I have encouraged a lot of friends to rent or otherwise see this movie, it does one's heart good. I have just decided, tomorrow I will watch it again.
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- Feb 9, 2004
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,253,415
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,321,370
- Sep 13, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $18,253,415
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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