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1988

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More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be big. That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks). Still a 13-year-.. Read more

Starring	Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard
Director	Penny Marshall
Genres	Comedy

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- It's no fun being in your early teens, especially if you're none too tall. So thinks Josh Baskin, having been denied a... read more on Time Out
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  Big Tom Hanks
  
  Big is a 1988 comedy film about a teenage boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune-telling machine.A hit with the kids, it’s just a great family ... read more »
  
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  support this for "watch now"
  
  Please support me this should be on 'watch now' this was a dominant film alongside 'stand by me' and i would love my kids to see what i grew up ... read more »
  
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- - theNostalgiaLover
  - 1 review
  - 27 Jan 2012 at 23:10
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  tom hanks films are always a goodern
  
  any tom hanks film is a goodern, classic old school movie, great for whole family,funny and sweet with a cute tear jerker ending,classic piano scene too,this is... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 02 Aug 2011 at 17:15
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  Bigger than Big
  
  It's Tom Hanks. Need I say more? A film with a very imaginitive story that takes it's place close to the heart and stays there.
  
  Highly ... read more »
  
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- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 04 Jul 2011 at 13:40
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  Fabulous, Hanks is genius
  
  Me and my kids absolutely love this film. In an interview Tom Hanks said that they got the child like quality to Hanks acting by getting David Moscow to act out... read more »
  
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- - tish207
  - 4 reviews
  - Rhyl
  - 02 Jun 2011 at 18:37
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  entertaining despite credibility problems
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  this was the one that made tom hanks - and rightly so - he got the psychology of a young adolescent spot on with the fears, joys and sense of what friendship is... read more »
  
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  - lesliejung
  - 74 reviews
  - london, england
  - 03 Dec 2010 at 19:31
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  GREAT FILM ALWAYS
  
  This is a great family film. It will always be one of the best films for me :) I recommend this film to people that have children I would say near age of 10 as ... read more »
  
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  - Romford
  - 18 Apr 2010 at 17:00
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  Big 1988
  
  Watched this the other night,forgot what a really great film Big is.
  
  Elizabeth Perkins is soooo hot in this!
  
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  - Warrington
  - 25 Mar 2010 at 01:25
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  Tom hanks at his best.
  
  This has got to be one of tom hanks best movies he has made.
  
  I loved this fime and they is some great bits in it and some great acting in it. I ... read more »
  
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- - LouieDeBattisti
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  - Slough
  - 08 Jan 2010 at 18:43
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  Big
  
  Really good fun movie for all the family. Good storyline
  
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- - Ben5
  - 11 reviews
  - Linlithgow
  - 30 Aug 2009 at 09:47
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  Harmless Fun
  
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  A totally 80's harmless romp, the big hair, the big clothes, the big romance, it's all here & more besides.
  
  I couldn't with hand on ... read more »
  
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  - 16 Jan 2009 at 22:08
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- - 7
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  Big Tom Hanks
  
  Big is a 1988 comedy film about a teenage boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune-telling machine.A hit with the kids, it’s just a great family ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - Cornetto
  - 959 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 10 Apr 2007 at 12:10
- - 3
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  An old classic
  
  This film really reminds me of my childhood, Tom Hanks plays a child who wishes he was bigger, he visits a fayre, makes a wish and becomes an adult (to his ... read more »
  
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- - Ally Woodward
  - Newport
  - 18 Jul 2005 at 16:41
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  A film for all
  
  Very good viewing
  
  It was better than i expected
  
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  - England
  - 13 Jul 2004 at 17:42
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  Good family fun
  
  Yes it's good, yes it's fun...but maybe it was because i'd heard so much about it I was disappointed. Let's be honest, the script is average. It... read more »
  
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- - TomK
  - 19 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 10:26
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  Fabulous, Hanks is genius
  
  Me and my kids absolutely love this film. In an interview Tom Hanks said that they got the child like quality to Hanks acting by getting David Moscow to act out... read more »
  
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- - tish207
  - 4 reviews
  - Rhyl
  - 02 Jun 2011 at 18:37
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  Still a corker !
  
  Body swap type plot with some good laughs and a few adult jokes thrown in that the kids don't understand, this makes it appeal to all generations. A good ... read more »
  
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- - Joe Wright
  - Menston Yorkshire
  - 18 Jul 2004 at 10:04
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  Brilliant Entertainment
  
  They dont make em like this anymore, this film is really worth seeing, and it appeals to both adults, and kids.
  
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  - Nottingham, England
  - 30 Jul 2004 at 07:33
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  Timless classic
  
  Utterly utterly watchable time & time again. :)
  
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  - Lunar
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  - Derby
  - 27 Sep 2004 at 23:02
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  PIANO PIECE
  
  This movie is worth seeing just for the Toy shop 'Chopsticks' piano routine.
  
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- - donkeydentures
  - 15 reviews
  - Nottinghamshire
  - 13 Oct 2004 at 13:12
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  Good Family Fun
  
  Tom Hanks is so young in this. Had to see it again after all of this time and still enjoyed it. Looking a little dated now, which is to be expected and over-... read more »
  
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- - Joel Piacentini
  - Wales
  - 06 Nov 2004 at 13:44

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  More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh (David Moscow) wants to be big. That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by ...