Continuity mistake: When Rebecca Wenteworth is walking towards the baseball diamond, she is looking behind her and waving. When she gets hit in the head with the ball, it's on the wrong side of the face. She should have been hit on the left side of the face.
Simon Birch (1998)
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Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Jim Carrey, Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Ian Michael Smith
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Answer: For the reverend to admit to being Joe's father, meaning he not only had a child out of wedlock but knowingly abandoned him, would destroy him. Ben knew him and cared about him and would be able to take care of him.
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