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Simon Birch

1998 · 114 min

A nostalgic, heartfelt coming-of-age story that balances quirky small-town humor with deep tragedy and spiritual questioning.

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Tagline
Destiny has big plans for little Simon Birch.
Overview
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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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • grief
  • faith
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Genres
comedy, drama, family
Directed by
Mark Steven Johnson
Written by
Mark Steven Johnson
Starring
Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Beatrice Winde, Jan Hooks
Music
Marc Shaiman
Cinematography
Aaron Schneider
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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