February 2, 1998
Simon Birch (1998) **
A warm, old-fashioned family drama, set in a quaint little town in Maine in 1964. A story of a friendship between two boys, it's a rare contemporary example of pure "apple-pie" Americana. Wearing its sentimentality as a badge of honor, the film glorifies small-town family values, while harshly condemning its hypocrisy and bigotry.