Sunday, September 4, 2011

Simon Birch (1998)



Starring Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, Jim Carrey, Jan Hooks, David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, and Ian Michael Smith. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Joe Wenteworth visits the grave of his childhood friend Simon Birch who was afflicted with Morquio's syndrome, a genetic disorder which causes dwarfism. Simon and Joe were bound by broken families and their misfit status: Simon as a dwarf, and Joe is illegitimate. But the boys faced a devastating blow as Simon searched for a destiny bigger than his body and Joe searched for his father.

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