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Big (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 49 Fresh: 47  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis:
A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an... [More]
A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an adult, and his mother doesn't know him in his new guise, he heads to New York with his pal Billy, where they proceed to goof off, play around, and act basically like the kids they are. But when Billy leaves, Josh is subjected to the encroaching needs and responsibilities of adulthood, and he quickly discovers both the pleasures and the problems of being grown-up. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow, Robert Loggia, John Heard

Director: Penny Marshall
Screenwriter: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Producer: James L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut, Juliet Taylor
Composer: Howard Shore

DVD Info

Release:

May 8, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • 2-Disc Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - French, Spanish
  • Subititles - Spanish - Optional
  • Disc 1: BIG - Extended Version

Additional Release Material:

  • Documentary - 1. BIG Brainstorming - An audio documentary by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg using archival audio material of the original creation of the script
  • Theatrical Branches

Disc 2:

  • Deleted Scenes - 10 Deleted Scenes With Optional Intro By Penny Marshall
  • Featurette - 1. BACKSTORY: BIG
  • 2. Carnival Party Newswrap
  • Trailer - 2 Trailers
  • TV Spots
  • Fox Flix (Bachelor Party, Cast Away, The Man With One Red Shoe, That Thing You Do!)

Interactive Features:

  • Zoltar Easter Egg

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As far as the movie's message is considered -- if only grown-ups could be more like kids -- Jerry Lewis did an infinitely better job of plugging it in the 50s.

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04/01/08 11:40 AM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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The best of the spate of body-switching films in the late 80s.

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04/01/08 11:38 AM
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Unspools with enjoyable genuineness and ingenuity.

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04/01/08 11:36 AM
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04/01/08 11:33 AM
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Hanks so convincingly played a grown-up with a 12-year-old mind that he transformed instantly in the public eye from a run-of-the-mill comedy star to a respected actor with limitless potential.

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06/03/07 09:43 AM
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
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It touched me

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05/18/07 02:07 AM
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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The picture still stands proud as a comedy easy chair of sorts, but even more vividly as Tom Hanks's finest hour as an actor.

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05/07/07 05:09 PM
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com
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Marshall, Hanks, and his co-stars seldom put a foot wrong.

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06/24/06 03:34 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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01/19/06 03:15 AM
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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10/09/05 08:37 PM
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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09/20/05 08:07 PM
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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Boulder Weekly
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01/24/05 08:51 PM
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
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Great performance by Hanks makes this a winner.

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01/19/05 08:03 PM
Michael A. Smith
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01/19/05 04:51 AM
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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11/04/04 12:24 AM
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10/27/04 12:44 AM
Alex Sandell
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Fanciful tearjerker with Hanks in another diverse role

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10/23/04 06:40 PM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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