Simon Birch Analysis

“Simon Birch”

For my movie review I chose the movie “Simon Birch”. The main stars of this movie are: Ian Michael Smith who played the role of Simon Birch, Joseph Mazello who played the role of Joseph Wenteworth, Ashley Judd who played the role of Rebecca Wenteworth, Jim Carrey who played the role of Joseph Wenteworth in his older years, Oliver Platt who played the role of Ben Goodrich, and David Strathairn who played Rev. Russell. This movie is a coming of age/Comedy-drama.
This movie is about two best friends named Simon Birch and Joseph Wenteworth. Simon BIrch is a dwarf who has parents that don’t appreciate him so he leans on his best friend and his loving mom. Joe grew up all his life without a dad, and always wondered who it was and wanted to find him. Together they go on life’s journey leaning on each other for help and comfort. Joe’s mother had many men who tried to impress her and most of all win over Joe, which none of them did until Ben arrived. Ben didn’t win over Joe right away but with time and certain circumstances he finally won Joe’s heart. Joe’s mom treated Simon like her second son, and Simon loved her as a mother and maybe a little more. Joe and Simon did many things together, one of which is baseball. Simon had a great love for baseball even though he didn’t play much. Little did he know, this sport would take the life of loving Rebecca Weneworth, Joe’s mother. After

Joe’s mother died his grandma told him he wouldn’t be alive much longer so he needed to find a caregiver. When he heard this he automatically thought to find his real dead. The key to finding his dad was to find who took the baseball who killed Joe’s mom in the head. This is when Joe and Simon go on the search to find his real dad. This is not all the story, while all this is happening Simon has some problems of his own. Simon thinks he was put on the earth to be a hero. He doesn’t know how he will serve as a hero but he will find out soon. Simon felt that he knew God better than most people, so when he would correct them or try to teach them more about God he would get in trouble with their church’s rev. The last straw was when he messed up the church’s annual Christmas Pageant. Since this was the last straw he was not allowed to go the the church camp, the event that would change everything.
The movie “Simon Birch” all together had a great set.

One of the main products of this movie that popped out to me was the stars. They all seemed to be great actors even though I only knew one of them. For example, I thought that Ian Michael Smith did a great job portraying Simon Birch. He made the movie cute and funny all at once. I also thought that Joseph Mazello did a great job portraying relatable feelings in the movie. You could tell by his facial expressions what his mood was. All the actors did a great job and I can’t pinpoint one of them who did worse than the

others.
I think that this is a great movie that everyone should watch, it is both comedy and drama factors that appeal to most people. It also has great quality film, you can tell it wasn’t some cheap home movie. When you watch it anything from the clothing to the music they use bring you in and make you want to watch it until the end.