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Simon Birch
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PG,1hr 53min
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Released:
September 11, 1998
Distributor:
Buena Vista
Synopsis: This comedy-drama features a narration by Jim Carrey, looking back to childhood in a manner similar to the narration on TV's The Wonder Years. The film is the directorial debut of writer Mark Steven Johnson, scripter of Grumpy Old Men and its sequel. Johnson adapted only a small portion of John Irving's 600-page novel A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), but Irving requested a credit other than "based on" and also asked that the character name of Owen Meany be changed. So Owen became Simon Birch -- which ... Full Synopsis
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Either you stand back and resist it, or you plunge in. There was something about its innocence and spunk that got to me, and I caved in. Full Review
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39
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Simon Birch
Joe Wenteworth
Rebecca Wenteworth
Ben Goodrich
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