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'Simon Birch' (PG) - Washington Post
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"Simon Birch" is a magical child movie in which the child is magical, yes, but the movie is not. Derived from John Irving's novel "A Prayer for Owen Meany," the movie is a parable that tells the story of a boy who is three feet tall on the outside and six feet plus on the inside. Owen Meany, rechristened Simon ...
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''Simon Birch,'' Mark Steven Johnson's insufferably precious ''reduction'' of John Irving's popular novel ''A Prayer for Owen Meany,'' might be described as the movie equivalent of a piece of stale angel food cake. Bite into it, and what you'll find is a nearly flavorless mixture of air and sugar and more ...
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