Film

Simon Birch

1998 · 1h 54m · Comedy · Drama · Family

Destiny has big plans for little Simon Birch.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

45%

Metacritic

39

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.

Ian Michael Smith

Simon Birch

Joseph Mazzello

Joe Wenteworth

Ashley Judd

Rebecca Wenteworth

Oliver Platt

Ben Goodrich

David Strathairn

Reverend Russell

Dana Ivey

Grandmother Wenteworth

Beatrice Winde

Hilde Grove

Jan Hooks

Miss Leavey

Cecilley Carroll

Marjorie

Sumela-Rose Keramidopulos

Ann

Sam Morton

Stuart

Jim Carrey

Adult Joe Wenteworth

John Mazzello

Simon Wenteworth

Holly Dennison

Mrs. Birch

Peter MacNeill

Mr. Birch

Addison Wells

Dr. Wells

• Mark Steven JohnsonDirector · Screenplay
• John IrvingNovel
• Roger BirnbaumProducer
• Laurence MarkProducer
• John BaldecchiExecutive Producer
• Aaron SchneiderDirector of Photography
• Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
• David FinferEditor

Simon Birch Official Trailer!

Release date

September 11, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$18,253,415

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Family

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