Sibling astronomers join forces with the military when hostile aliens attack Earth.

In the 1950s, a teenage boy struggles as his happy family is broken apart when the father he idolizes develops cancer.

Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.