Simon Birch

1998
PG
1h 54min

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6,8/10

22 k

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A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.

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Simon Birch a beau être le plus petit garçon du coin, il sait au fond de lui qu'un grand avenir l'attend. Il est en constante recherche de son destin, mais ce qu'il trouve, ce sont surtout d... Tout lireSimon Birch a beau être le plus petit garçon du coin, il sait au fond de lui qu'un grand avenir l'attend. Il est en constante recherche de son destin, mais ce qu'il trouve, ce sont surtout des ennuis !Simon Birch a beau être le plus petit garçon du coin, il sait au fond de lui qu'un grand avenir l'attend. Il est en constante recherche de son destin, mais ce qu'il trouve, ce sont surtout des ennuis !

Réalisation
- Mark Steven Johnson
Scénario
- Mark Steven Johnson
- John Irving
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

NOTE IMDb

6,8/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Mark Steven Johnson
Scénario
- Mark Steven Johnson
- John Irving
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 3 victoires et 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Author John Irving doubted his novel, "A Prayer for Owen Meany", could ever be turned into a film, and sold the screen rights on the condition it not be released under the same name as his book. Irving himself provided the name Simon Birch for the producers to use in place of Owen Meany.

Gaffes
The fateful Christmas in question is in December 1964, but a news item on the radio reports a speech given by President Kennedy, killed a year earlier.

Citations
Simon: Your mother is so sexy, sometimes I forget she's someone's mother.
Joe: What if I said the same thing about your mother?
Simon: I'd have you committed.

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Rounders/Kiki's Delivery Service/Simon Birch/Slums of Beverly Hills/Digging to China (1998)

Bandes originales
You Were There
Written, Produced and Performed by Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Performance courtesy of Epic Records

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7/10

a feel-good story line

A lad with stunted growth who holds out with brave optimism and sheer good-naturedness is able to go through school life and survive any antagonisms with aplomb, indeed, forging an inseparable friendship, as he approaches his twelfth and fatal year.

Beautifully told story, with excellent photography and good music keeping just the right atmosphere, this is a film which might have some downgrading it to a simple `tear-jerker' and reaching for inexhaustible supplies of paper-handkerchiefs. But the story-line is more subtle and more carefully played out, such that in effect the film does not even try to pull out any angst from those softer-at-heart: the acting itself - especially that of Ian Michael Smith - and the focussing of the story rises above this. However, this is of course a `feel-good' story, though the end might leave you thinking otherwise.

Once again, how nice to see an attractive film without violence or sex being the main protagonists.

I would not mind trying to find the book................