Big (1988)

• Year: 1988
• Released: 03 Jun 1988
• Country: United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 14 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Big_1988_Ext
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/big
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
• Runtime: 104 min
• Writer: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
• Director: Penny Marshall
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia
• Keywords: woman director, baseball, co-worker relationship, magic realism, body-swap,

	7.3/10
	73/100

Big Storyline

A young boy named Josh Baskin (David Moscow) wishes at an old machine to be big, despite the fact that he does not believe that it is going to work. He is very surprised, therefore, to find himself big in the next day. Now he looks like a 30-year-old man, but he still behaves like a thirteen-year-boy. He decides to go with his best friend (Jared Rushton) to New York City to find the machine that can fix his wish. There he gets a job at a toy company and develops a relationship with Susan (Elizabeth Perkins). Currently, he must learn to get used to the adult world he always wanted to be part of. Would he still like to remain an adult?

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Remember when we used to want to be big?

Ah, those were the days. All of us have done it. Wished we were older, so we could do more. Well, in the movie “Big”, a child’s wish to become big comes true.

Josh is a boy who is not tall enough to ride a roller coaster at a theme park. Humilated in front of a girl he likes, he goes to a “fortune telling” machine, and wishes he could be bigger. He wakes up the next day as a man. When everyone he knows throws him out of their lives, except his best friend, he goes into the adult world. Just by knowing what kids want in toys, he becomes a success in a toy company. He also manages to get a girl wanting him(even though he is completely oblivious to it). All he wants is be himself again.

9/10

Charming

Big does have its minor faults, such as the parents missing a child idea barely registering, but overall while goofy it is also very charming thanks to the performances and chemistry between the two leads. The story is nice and simple, and it is beautifully handled, while the script is witty, funny and quite charming, like the story. Then there is Penny Marshal’s polished direction, some nice cinematography and a sweet soundtrack. The best thing though for me was the performances and chemistry of Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins. Hanks is typically fine in his role, and Perkins makes the most of her character, and the two have a very effective chemistry on screen. So overall, very enjoyable and charming, and actually one of the better body-swap movies out there. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Likable wish fulfilment movie

I finally got around to watching BIG purely because it’s one of the biggest movies of the 1980s. I should not that I’m not really a huge fan of family comedies like this, so if this is your type of thing I’d add at least a couple of stars to my rating which comes from someone who isn’t the target audience.

BIG is one in a sub-genre of movies about kids who have the chance to be, well, big. Instead of going down the body-swap route, this film simply has a child version of Tom Hanks making a wish at a fun fair and waking up, adult-sized, the next morning. It’s as straightforward as that, with all of the fish-out-of-water hijinks that ensue (taking the form of a child trapped in an adult world).

What I liked about this film is that it turns out to be rather touching and with an interesting subtext that explores the loss of innocence and the importance of the formative childhood years. In some ways it evokes a lot of nostalgia in the audience, as well as identifying with us adults who sometimes feel like we’re still kids ourselves despite our advancing years. Tom Hanks gives a sweet and likable turn as the lead, but matching him are Robert Loggia (ever the scene-stealer) and Elizabeth Perkins, whose transformation is quite eye-catching. The dancing sequence with Loggia and Hanks is the undoubted highlight here.