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]
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
Screenwriter: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Producer: James L. Brooks, Robert Greenhut, Juliet Taylor
Composer: Howard Shore
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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.
04/01/08 11:40 AM
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The best of the spate of body-switching films in the late 80s.
04/01/08 11:38 AM
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04/01/08 11:33 AM
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.
06/03/07 09:43 AM
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.
05/07/07 05:09 PM
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