I checked the "spoiler" box but I can't believe that anyone reading these comments hasn't seen the movie, forgotten about it, and is now trying to remember it. It's too old, too obscure, and was never very popular even in its day, so I don't think anyone is just discovering this movie. Simon is extremely funny, extremely intelligent and sometimes very, very silly. It's also a warm, affectionate, and in the end, redeeming movie. Just to remind those who may have forgotten some of the best moments I give you: Simon, creating language, names his hand "mongillo", then discovering he has two, exclaims, "Zwei mongillo!" Or Fred Gwynne as General Korey getting all excited about the "Stupid making gas?, Makes the enemy stupid?" The people who will laugh the hardest at this movie are kids, who will laugh at the silliness and slapstick, and at least reasonably intelligent people who will get the multitude of cultural, political, scientific, and countless other references. Without meaning to sound sexist,(yes, women are just as capable of getting all the references) unfortunately, many women will dismiss this movie as unfunny.I think this is because of the abundance of slapstick. It's a Three Stooges thing.
Review of Simon
