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Big (1988)

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Reviews Counted:51

Fresh:49

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.9/10

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Comedies

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... 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. [More]

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

Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, Samantha Larkin, Mercedes Ruehl, Jon Lovitz, Josh Clark, Rockets Redglare, Jamie Tirelli, James Eckhouse, Tracy Reiner

Director: Penny Marshall

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

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Oct 5, 1999

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One of Hollywood's all-time most appealing magic realist fantasies. [Blu-ray]

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05/20/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 6 Comments
04/01/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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The best of the spate of body-switching films in the late 80s.

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04/01/08
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Unspools with enjoyable genuineness and ingenuity.

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04/01/08
Variety Staff
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Once in a blue moon, there are moments of perfect casting that virtually ensure a movie is going to be a piece of class. And that's what you've got here.

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04/01/08
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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
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

It touched me

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05/18/07
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

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.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
05/07/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

Marshall, Hanks, and his co-stars seldom put a foot wrong.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

It is...one of those films that simply cannot be touched, no matter how one pokes and prods at its lapses in logic.

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01/19/06
Christopher Null
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09/20/05
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06/29/05
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04/13/05
Thomas Delapa
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01/24/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Great performance by Hanks makes this a winner.

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01/19/05
Michael A. Smith
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Daniel M. Kimmel
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