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Big

Big

1988

Penny Marshall

Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard ...

6.3

88,146

Comedy. Fantasy A 13-year-old boy named Josh wants, more than anything else, to be "big". And when he makes a wish on a carnival wishing booth his dreams come true: he transposes into the body of a 35 year old man -- though his mind and spirit remain that of a child. Since he can't really go to school looking like an adult, and his mother doesn't know him in his new guise, he heads to New York with his pal Billy, where they proceed to goof off, play ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"'Big' is just plain funny and wonderfully goofy throughout (...) While certainly not a new story or even a new theme, 'Big' is done refreshingly well"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"[It] has a warmer, more engaging personality than its predecessors. Its success as a buoyant summer comedy will owe a lot to the cleverness with which the small details have been selected"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"As a crowd-pleasing comedy it works. But it really could have been so much more (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"While this is marginally better and more serious than most of the other movies in the cycle, the psychological ramifications of the change still aren't very convincing."	NEU
United Kingdom	Victoria Mather Telegraph	"Tom Hanks is marvellously child-like (...) Gently amusing, with some delightful set-pieces (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ben Falk BBC	"This is mainstream Hollywood filmmaking at its best - packed with intelligence, humour and pathos (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"The movie achieves the zip and exuberance of a classic romantic comedy. The film's high spirits are infectious (...) 'Big' has a warmhearted sweetness that's invigorating"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The film is funny, sweet, and even a little edgy. It's also emotionally honest and almost never crass (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Freedman Radio Times	"Penny Marshall's polished direction combined with Hanks's gauche charm make it the best of the spate of body-swap movies turned out by Hollywood in the late 1980s (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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