The read
Scores higher than 92% of the 316 1980s fantasy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic73/100
4,161 audience votes
Key crew
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Penny MarshallDirector
- Anne SpielbergWriter
- Gary RossWriter
Cast
- Tom HanksJosh
- Elizabeth PerkinsSusan
- Robert LoggiaMacMillan
- John HeardPaul
- Jared RushtonBilly
- Jon LovitzScotty Brennen
- David MoscowYoung Josh
- Mercedes RuehlMrs. Baskin
- Harvey MillerPersonnel Director
- Debra Jo RuppMiss Patterson
- Josh ClarkMr. Baskin
- Kimberlee M. DavisCynthia Benson
Stills
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Themes
baseballcoming of agebest friendco-workers relationshipbody-swapmagic realismbronx, new york citynostalgicpinball machinetoy makerjob promotionhomesick
The Best Movies of 1988
Big is #18 of 60
