Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780788815461 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0788815466 Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 18, 1999 Running Time: 113 minutes Sales Rank: 2931 Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 1998
Description: A heartwarming and funny hit that's earned overwhelming critical acclaim, SIMON BIRCH features great performances from stars Ashley Judd (DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, HIGH CRIMES, KISS THE GIRLS) and Oliver Platt (BICENTENNIAL MAN, DON'T SAY A WORD) in an outstanding cast! Even though Simon Birch is the smallest kid in town, deep down he knows that he was born to do something big! He's on a constant search to discover his destiny, but somehow manages to find nothing but trouble! Meanwhile, Simon's loyal best friend, Joe (Joseph Mazzello -- JURASSIC PARK, RADIO FLYER), is searching for the identity of his father, a secret his beautiful mother (Judd) has guarded Joe's entire life. Discover for yourself the undeniable charms of this uplifting and inspirational motion picture as these two share the hilarious, and sometimes tragic, ups and downs that will forever bind them together!
Rating: - big courage comes in a small package
Here a first friendship has a real impact on the life of a boy, Joe.
Simon is a boy who is born small and thought not to live long.
The events of this movie are about the "bastard" Joe, his best friend
the freakishly small Simon and finding out who his father is.
Along thew way two very important people in his life die:
one by accident and the other from an courageous act.
Simon raises the problem of "purpose" and God's plan for us all.
For the religious this may be a very inspiring film, but it just might gives some young people the wrong ideas
about how it is all right to act
and question authority. The film is funny and very heart warming,
and overall, well acted.
Rating: - Simon Birch movie
Simon Birch is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is based on the book A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. This movie will make you laugh and cry-it is based around the friendship beween two kids. You will be glad you bought it and so will your family.
Rating: - A Small Boy With a Big Heart
Simon Birch is an incredible film about boys, Simon Birch (Ian Michael Smith) and Joe Wenteworth (Joseph Mazzello) who play two twelve-year-olds who become best friends. Simon Birch plays a dwarf who thinks that god had a "plan" for him to do something big; he thinks he is a miracle child. Joe is really the only person who sees Simon as a normal child. He is really nice to Simon and they always hang out with each other. They get into all sorts of trouble with one another.
Personally, my favorite part of the movie is when Joe and Simon sneak into their school after hours and get into some trouble. Then, the janitors Bull Mastiff finds them and goes up to Simon. The height difference is hilarious.
On a cold winter day, an accident happens that will affect everyone for the worst. At this part of the movie, I cried and cried and cried. It is most definitely the saddest part of the movie.
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Rating: - An Affectionate Look at True Faith
Simon Birch is about an outsider, a pre-teen dwarf living in a gorgeous, way-too-pretty northern New England town; he's an object of ridicule who thinks he has a destiny to fulfill for God. He was put on this earth for a purpose, to do God's will at a key point in his life. His parents have rejected him. Another family has taken him to their hearts. Simon falls for the family's single mother, the town's beauty, who worships him. Her son befriends Simon, and the two become great buddies. The boys are real, the mother is almost too good to be true, and her devoted boy friend becomes a loyal pal to the boys. Simon is an oversexed little devil who keenly appreciates a woman or girl's physical attributes.
Simon is the left-out who has the guts to publicly criticize his pastor because he is a true believer while the pastor may have strayed from faith and belief. The acting is outstanding. The flick has an idealized, ... Read More
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