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Big
“Have you ever had a really big secret?”
7.2 / 10• 1988• 1h 44m•PG• English
FantasyDramaComedy
Storyline
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Cast & Crew
Tom Hanks
Josh Baskin
Lead
Elizabeth Perkins
Susan
Robert Loggia
MacMillan
John Heard
Paul
Jared Rushton
Billy
David Moscow
Young Josh
Jon Lovitz
Scotty Brennen
Mercedes Ruehl
Mrs. Baskin
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Penny Marshall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Big is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
