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* TheChosenOne: Owen believes he's been chosen by God to do a great task. [[spoiler: He is, specifically chosen to save some Vietnamese refugee children from the bloodthirsty Dick Javits.]]
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Written by John Irving, ''A Prayer For Owen Meany'' (1989) is best described as intentional {{Glurge}} with an undercurrent of [[TrueArtIsAngsty despairing]] {{Postmodernism}}. In 1998, it loosely adapted as the film ''Simon Birch''.
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Written by John Irving, ''A Prayer For Owen Meany'' (1989) is best described as intentional {{Glurge}} with an undercurrent of [[TrueArtIsAngsty despairing]] {{Postmodernism}}. In 1998, it was loosely adapted as the film ''Simon Birch''.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: When the movie was available on PayPerView television, the service decided to advertise it by showing the scene of Simon successfully hitting a baseball, with a shot of his face clearly meant to imply this was an inspirational moment. Anyone who watched the movie after seeing this ad might be shocked to realize that [[spoiler: the same baseball hits and kills Tabitha.]]
