Simon Birch (1998)
1/10
Mawkish
21 January 2006
1 : having an insipid often unpleasant taste 2 : sickly or puerilely sentimental

That said, you might LIKE this kind of HBO-genre film. Hmm, well, apologies to HBO. Sorry, this film is utterly predictable ... and drags it out to boot. Every "Awww shucks ... " string in your body is plucked ... you are played like a celestial harp throughout. Sit down, glass of wine in hand, lush music swelling, keep a box of tissues handy. And kudos to him, if you want to see every film Oliver Platt has made, don't miss this. Just remember: being an actor is a business; Oliver Platt is making a living.
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