His run-ins with the religious set are a particular source of bitterness for Simon because he’s convinced he is an instrument of God. Russell ( David Strathairn) with questions about faith the minister can’t answer (when the reverend invites the congregation for refreshments after a service, Simon stands up and demands to know what donuts and coffee have to do with God), and he’s constantly riling the cold and nasty Sunday-school teacher Miss Leavey ( Jan Hooks). Not only is he physically different, he’s too smart for his own good. Simon suffers exactly what you’d expect in a sleepy, small New England town of the early 1960s. That she’s also young and beautiful doesn’t hurt - Simon is as sex-crazed as any other 12-year-old boy and thinks Rebecca has the nicest breasts of any mother in town. Rejected and ignored by his parents, Simon idolizes Joe’s mom Rebecca ( Ashley Judd), who showers him with all the love and affection she offers her own son. Simon Birch (Ian Michael Smith), a dwarf, is the smallest person 12-year-old Joe ( Joseph Mazzello, who’s on his way to being a major talent) ever knew. And we flash back to the story of Joe’s revelation. So the grownup Joe - played as an adult and in voiceover by a wonderfully restrained Jim Carrey - tells us as he stands over Simon’s grave. Simon Birch is the reason Joe Wenteworth believes in God. The Sweet Hereafter examines the aftermath of tragedy, how one town learns to cope with grief and the desire to assign blame. Simon Birch builds to the bus crash, making it the culmination of a mystical plan of God. That one event is central to two very different movies.
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A schoolbus full of children plunges into icy waters and sinks.
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