![]() The plot is overly complex, with several 'deus ex machina' events uncalled for, et cetera - probably in fear that the skilled balance of the film and the nerve of the acting would not suffice. ![]() I have no idea how he does it, but certainly it is by talent - no schooling gives that kind of tools. Mazzello is breathtaking in scenes of such emotional complexity that most actors would be wise to find an easy way out. And the acting is tremendous, especially from Joseph Mazzello and Ian Michael Smith, the two boys in a very odd couple friendship. Ian Michael Smith is a former actor and software engineer from Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. The result is endearing, truly compassionate. In this film, though, we are even allowed to smile at the odd clashes between the normal and that which is not, and laugh at the situation comedy evolving. Portraying a boy with such a severe physical handicap, and with terrible parents at that, would normally tie any director's hands and feet, and the result would be sweet, at best. It even succeeds in a most daring balance between pity and parody. Written by Mark Steven Johnson, based on the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. ![]() Strolling ahead on a tight rope, with abyss on either side - that of despair and that of burlesque - and never falling. Simon Birch Moral Rating: After seeing Simon Burch and then reading the reviews of adults on the Chrsitian Spotlight, I am persuaded to write a review of this. Simon Birch is a 1998 coming of age film about a twelve year old boy with stunted growth who looks up to God and is confident that he has a plan for him. A film of many charming features, indeed, but what struck me as the most impressive quality of it, was its delicate balance between comedy and tragedy. The smallest delivery in the history of Gravestown Memorial Hospital, he has grown into adolescence as a severely vertically.
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