Customer Reviews
Tugs at your heartstrings and tickles your funnybone 
2008-10-01
Simon Burch is a delightful film about love, loss, and the power of faith. It's irreverent, funny, touching, and surprising. Well worth including in a film library to be watched again and again.
excellent condition 
2008-09-09
I bought this for a friend because they have a child with a similar condition as Simon also a dwarf with hearing aids but other problems as well they enjoy watching this film in spite of the tears
Highly Recommended!! 2008-09-01
Very interesting story. The movie captures ones attention right from the start and doesn't let go until the end. It has the deeper meaning behind it, which allows one to continue to ponder the meaning long after the completion of the movie. Highly recommended!
big courage comes in a small package 
2008-08-01
Here a first friendship has a real impact on the life of a boy, Joe.
Simon is a boy who is born small and thought not to live long.
The events of this movie are about the "bastard" Joe, his best friend
the freakishly small Simon and finding out who his father is.
Along thew way two very important people in his life die:
one by accident and the other from an courageous act.
Simon raises the problem of "purpose" and God's plan for us all.
For the religious this may be a very inspiring film, but it just might gives some young people the wrong ideas
about how it is all right to act
and question authority. The film is funny and very heart warming,
and overall, well acted.
Simon Birch movie 2008-07-14
Simon Birch is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is based on the book A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. This movie will make you laugh and cry-it is based around the friendship beween two kids. You will be glad you bought it and so will your family.
A Small Boy With a Big Heart 2008-06-11
A heartwarming and funny hit that's earned overwhelming critical acclaim, SIMON BIRCH features great performances from stars Ashley Judd (DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, HIGH CRIMES, KISS THE GIRLS) and Oliver Platt (BICENTENNIAL MAN, DON'T SAY A WORD) in an outstanding cast! Even though Simon Birch is the smallest kid in town, deep down he knows that he was born to do something big! He's on a constant search to discover his destiny, but somehow manages to find nothing but trouble! Meanwhile, Simon's loyal best friend, Joe (Joseph Mazzello -- JURASSIC PARK, RADIO FLYER), is searching for the identity of his father, a secret his beautiful mother (Judd) has guarded Joe's entire life. Discover for yourself the undeniable charms of this uplifting and inspirational motion picture as these two share the hilarious, and sometimes tragic, ups and downs that will forever bind them together!
An Affectionate Look at True Faith 2008-05-10
Simon Birch is about an outsider, a pre-teen dwarf living in a gorgeous, way-too-pretty northern New England town; he's an object of ridicule who thinks he has a destiny to fulfill for God. He was put on this earth for a purpose, to do God's will at a key point in his life. His parents have rejected him. Another family has taken him to their hearts. Simon falls for the family's single mother, the town's beauty, who worships him. Her son befriends Simon, and the two become great buddies. The boys are real, the mother is almost too good to be true, and her devoted boy friend becomes a loyal pal to the boys. Simon is an oversexed little devil who keenly appreciates a woman or girl's physical attributes.
Simon is the left-out who has the guts to publicly criticize his pastor because he is a true believer while the pastor may have strayed from faith and belief. The acting is outstanding. The flick has an idealized, somewhat Disneyesque cinematography. It is sentimental, a tear-jerker, but has a heartwarming quality. Simon's parents are caricatures as is the Sunday school teacher. It is based upon a John Irving work which explains its heart-tugging aspects.
The movie proves that physical abnormality may mask the pure soul within. Some things in the movie are too predictable, but it provides a lesson in humanity for the viewer. You'll shed some tears unless you're heartless because there is sadness and pain.
Worth your time to see. Not maudlin, but keep those hankies ready.The Daemon in Our Dreams
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Simon Birch 2008-02-27
I can't imagine what movie the Amazon idiot, Paula Nechak , watched, but it couldn't have been the WONDERFUL Simon Birch! This woman apparently has NO heart whatsoever!
This is a movie I have watched more than once, and it never ceases to touch my heart, especially with Simon Birch being a dwarf, yet with a Huge heart, and a spirit that never ever gives up. His bond with the other young boy who is trying to find out who his father is, is also heart warming.
For anyone to say that the character of Simon Birch was totally 'unsympathetic' is ludicrous! How many lives have YOU saved, Paula Nechak ? Okay, it is just a movie, but if you could not 'see' anything good in this movie, there is truly something wrong with you.
Sad but uplifting 2008-02-23
Funny (best school Christmas pagent debacle scene EVER)and poignant. Great message for everyone without being righteous ~ we are all born with a purpose, with a God-given plan.
I never tire of watching this movie and haul it out at least once a year to share with friends.
Simon Birch 2008-02-15
received the movie promptly and in a-1 condition! Have been extremely happy with Amazon's service overall!
