Simon Birch

Simon Birch is the title of a movie that is very loosely based on the John Irving book 'A Prayer for Owen Meany." I lovelovelove that book, it, and 'Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey are my co-favorites. 'Sometimes...' is hard to read, 'Owen Meany' is easy to read and is just amazing, it's about faith, religious faith sort of, but religion isn't too overbearing in it. Anyway, I found a VHS tape of Simon Birch during the IV moveout period, and recently watched it. They really butchered the book, as most adaptations do, but they changed some pretty fundamental things. I'm realizing that I can't explain why the movie stinks without giving away the ending, which is everything. Doh! Anyway. Read the book, avoid the movie.