Ian Michael Smith, a cute kid with a growth disorder (he's about three feet tall), plays Joe's best friend Simon, a philosophical Tiny Tim character with a defensive dry wit that often gets him into trouble with judgmental adults - especially his edgy Sunday school teacher (Jan Hooks). He is driven by an obsession with discovering the identity of his father, who Rebecca refuses to name. Set in small town, USA during the late 1960s, "Simon Birch" stars Joseph Mazzello ( "Star Kid," "Jurassic Park") as Joe, the illegitimate son of Rebecca Wentworth (Ashley Judd) and unknown parties. With the exception of Ashley Judd's wonderful performance, this sap-fest plays like a bad TV movie anyway, so I can't imagine watching it on the small screen could make it any worse.įamily picture a cheap heart-tugging cliche parade of canned emotionsīased very, very loosely on John Irving's philosophical- emotional- political novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany," about a dwarfed 12-year-old boy with an unexplained spiritual intuitiveness, the movie "Simon Birch" has its heart in the right place.Ĭredited as being only "inspired by" Irving's book, the picture is an emotionally complex and lightly comedic drama about the neglected boy's relationship with his best friend, thick with theological overtones and blanketed by a feel-good message. This film got a dishonorable mention on the Worst of 1998 list. Starring Joseph Mazzello, Ian Micheal Smith, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathaim & Jan Hooks Written & directed by Mark Steven Johnson
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