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Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
277 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark Steven JohnsonDirector
- Mark Steven JohnsonScreenplay
- Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
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
- Sam MortonStuart
- Jim CarreyAdult Joe Wenteworth
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Themes
based on novel or bookchurchschool busillegitimate sondwarfismdeath of best friend