Loosely based on the John Irving novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.Irving himself had a go at the script but finally gave up on translating his book for the screen and asked that the main character's name be change and he be given an "inspired by" credit. It's the story of an odd little boy who accidentally kills his best friend's mother. The boy is played by 11-year-old
Ian Michael Smith who has the rare genetic disorder called Morquio's Syndrome. Carrey fills in the role of the narrator.
oh my gosh, this movie is like the saddest movie i have ever seen i cried for like half of it, it is so amazing and moving, a beautiful story about accepting people and believing yourself when others dont same here i didn`t know about it til now (2006)
One of my favourite movies! It was also party filmed in Luenburg, Nova Scotia which is where I live!!!!!!! OUTSTANDING!!! EVERONE should see this movie!
This was a beautiful story with great morals and values. It was well balanced between emotional and funny. If there were more movies like this, I would go see more. As it is, I detest most movies made today because they lack story lines, good characters, morals and values. This was a FANTASTIC movie. Don`t know why I had not heard of it until now (2006).