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Title: Big (1988)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tom Hanks | ... | Josh | |
| Elizabeth Perkins | ... | Susan | |
| Robert Loggia | ... | MacMillan | |
| John Heard | ... | Paul | |
| Jared Rushton | ... | Billy | |
| David Moscow | ... | Young Josh | |
| Jon Lovitz | ... | Scotty Brennen | |
| Mercedes Ruehl | ... | Mrs. Baskin | |
| Josh Clark | ... | Mr. Baskin | |
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Kimberlee M. Davis | ... | Cynthia Benson |
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Oliver Block | ... | Freddie Benson |
| Erika Katz | ... | Cynthia's Friend | |
| Allan Wasserman | ... | Gym Teacher | |
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Mark Ballou | ... | Derek |
| Gary Howard Klar | ... | Ticket Taker (as Gary Klar) | |
Josh Baskin would do anything to be big to hang out with his crush at the carnival. He finds a Zoltar machine, and he wishes to be big. After Zoltar tells him, "his wish is granted", Josh notices the machine is unplugged. He wakes up the next morning in an adult's body but he still has the same personality. With the help of his best friend, Billy, Josh learns how to act like a grown up. But as he gets a girlfriend and a fun job, he doesn't want to be a kid again. Will Josh stay big or become a 13 year old boy again?
This movie is great. I mean, really. That's what every boy dreams of - becoming an adult overnight! It's absolutely gorgeous to see Tom Hanks' performance - that's real acting, it requires a lot to play this part as genuinely and cordial as he did. The message is so clear and so honest. The nostalgic edge is of such profound significance to the story. It's about the differences between being a kid and being an adult. It's about two very different perceptions of the same world that surrounds us. It's just us and how we make the best out of every day of our lives, and all it needs is to see the world through the eyes of a kid. A kid perceives all the things differently, with much more native and modest simplicity - the keystone to imagination and magic, the keystone to cherish the daily miracles in our lives. This movie has a deep and very pervasive message. It has so much charm and vitality mingled with nostalgia and witchcraft. One of those movies I enjoyed watching when I was a kid. Recommended.