| Simon Birch Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| SIMON BIRCH
Cast: Joseph Mazzello, Ian Michael Smith, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt,
David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Jan Hooks, Jim Carrey
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Screenplay: Mark Steven Johnson suggested by "A Prayer for Owen Meany"
by John...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| SIMON BIRCH
Cast: Joseph Mazzello, Ian Michael Smith, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt,
David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Jan Hooks, Jim Carrey
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Screenplay: Mark Steven Johnson suggested by "A Prayer for Owen Meany"
by John...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Greg King |
| SIMON BIRCH (PG).
(Hollywood Pictures/Buena Vista International)
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Stars: Joseph Mazzello, Ian Mitchell Smith, Oliver Platt, David
Starthairn, Jan Hooks, Ashley Judd, Jim
Carrey, Dana Ivey
Running time: 110 minutes.
Last...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by jksalisbury AT my-dejanews DOT com |
| I looked back this week, at some of the reviews that I've written lately, and
I noticed a theme. I had something bad to say about most of them (save
Return To Paradise), and it caused me think. Am I really to hard and critical
on movies, have I become...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Edwin Jahiel |
| SIMON BIRCH ** 1/2 Directed and written by Mark Steven Johnson, suggested
by the novel ³A Prayer for Owen Meany² by John Irving.Photography, Aaron E.
Schneider. Editing, Betsy Heimann. Production design, David Chapman. Music,
Marc Shaiman. Cast: Ian...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| I've yet to decide if a movie is good if it makes you cry. SIMON BIRCH
gave me at least one all-out belly laugh, during the Christmas pageant,
and I've thought for some time that a movie is decent if it makes you
shout in laughter. But crying? more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Simon Birch is a film loosely based on John Irving's novel, A Prayer for
Owen Meany. Names, dates, plot elements and places have been
changed...so fans of the books should be wary going in. It may not be a
faithful adaptation, but with an open mind,...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Ryan Davis |
| I saw Simon Birch in a basically sold out theater, on a Sunday
afternoon. When the movie was over and the audience was exiting, I didn’t
hear one negative comment, and I didn’t have any to offer. more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Craig Roush |
| Release Date: September 11, 1998
Starring: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt,
David Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Jim Carrey
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG (language, emotional...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| Movies cheat, everyone knows that. There's a whole industry dedicated
to special effects, the smoke and mirrors filmmakers need to create
whatever illusions they need to tell their story. However, we've gotten
so used to looking at the visual effects...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| "They don't make 'em like that anymore!" That's what the true movie fan
will say and only a true cynic who is angry at the world, blaming it for
all of their personal failures will hate this film as it is nearly
impossible to truly dislike a film like...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Joe Barlow |
| STARRING: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd,
Oliver Platt, Jan Hooks, Jim Carrey
DIRECTOR: Mark Steven Johnson
WRITER: Mark Steven Johnson
RATED: PG-13 (profanity)
YEAR: 1998
SEEN AT: Waverly Place, Cary...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| Oddly enough, even in these cynical times, we are a nation of believers.
Everything's going to get better. A better life is just around the corner.
Although the programmers working on it say that it's impossible, we believe
that the Y2K bug will be fixed...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Aside from the fleeting presences of big screen talent such as Ashley Judd
and Jim Carrey, there's little in this modest, engaging, yet cloying drama
to distinguish it from, as my guest at the screening said, "a
_Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame_ movie."...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| Simon Birch (1998)
Joseph Mazzello, Ian Michael Smith, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David
Strathairn, Dana Ivey, Jan Hooks, Jim Carrey. Music by Marc Shaiman.
Screenplay by Mark Steven Johnson (suggested by John Irving's "A Prayer
for Owen Meany")....more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| SIMON BIRCH
(Touchstone)
Starring: Joseph Mazzello, Ian Michael Smith, Oliver Platt, David
Strathairn, Ashley Judd, Jan Hooks.
Screenplay: Mark Steven Johnson, suggested by the novel _A Prayer for
Owen Meany_ by John Irving.
Producers: Laurence Mark...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by D Lewis |
| SIMON BIRCH
Reviewed by Dennis Lewis
If you had to dab away a few tears at the conclusion of "Titanic,"
you may want to take along a full box of Puffs if you go see "Simon Birch."
"Simon...more |
| Simon Birch Review |
| by David Butterworth |
| A cinematic version of one of John Irving's novels is always cause
for celebration even if, as in the case of "Simon Birch," the treatment is
merely "suggested by," rather than strictly based on, the book. more |
