Big

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Summary: Great performance from Hanks
Review: The film has alot to say about the child in all of us and the need not to become too grown up. We all need to have a sense of fun and spontaneity.

How many other actors could really make you believe that they were an 11 year old boy in a man's body?

But it really is a coming of age tale as Hanks gets to discover more than he ever bargained for in the adult world. Both good and bad. A discovery that all young people are beginning to make at that time in their lives anyway. But what a privilege to be able to see the best of both worlds. More of us could use that kind of miracle.

Whether he's squirtin' silly string out of his nose or sharing a tender moment with Elizabeth Perkins Hanks remain sincere and believable.

An entertaining and heartwarming experience.

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Summary: I am looking for a movie which is soo much like this movie..
Review: I saw a movie once, on video or on TV, I am not sure. But it was kind of the same story as the movie "Big" with Tom Hanks. I am looking for this movie, but I don't know the title of the movie anymore, so I was hoping by writing this review someone can tell me the title.

The movie goes like this: A sience-kid invents this machine to make things big, like a tomato. His friend, who wants to be big, tries out the machine, and gets big/older. I think that he goes to school to be a teacher, but I am not sure about that. He falls in love with a woman who is also a teacher. The sience-kid, his friend, tries to repair the machine in a way so that he can make things small again. When he can, the big-kid goes back into the machine, and gets to be small/a kid again. The great part about this movie is, that it has a happy end, the woman-teacher that he has fallen in love with also goes into the machine and also comes out as a kid. When the kid goes back to school, he feels misserable, because he misses the woman and because he has a new teacher (the woman-teacher used to be his teacher, but then it happens the "woman-teacher" comes walking in the classroom as a kid, and sits next to him.

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Summary: Hanks' best performance
Review: Honestly, has Tom Hanks ever been better than he was here? Could anyone have pulled off what he accomplished? What an extraordinary job he did of conveying childhood as an adult. There are too many moments of brilliance (of both hilarity and poignance) in this performance to pinpoint; I'll just say instead that the shot of the boy in a man's clothes near the end brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it (not to Hanks' credit but director Penny Marshall's).

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I like this movie enough, though, to be disturbed by what I felt was a bit of post-production tinkering in an attempt to soften the melancholy ending. I'm convinced that when Hanks and Perkins are walking away from the camera on the boardwalk, what we hear them say as he puts his arm around her was dubbed afterwards; it only served to assure us that she would "be OK" in the end. The moment itself would have felt right played without dialogue. Likewise, the voices of the boy and his mother in the house at the end felt a bit contrived. And -- this is what I've heard from others as well -- the lovely shot of Perkins' car driving off into the distance over the "School Crossing" sign on the road should have been the fadeout; the two boys walking away together felt anticlimactic. Whenever I watch it, I always either stop the tape or change the channel before that image appears. It just feels better that way.

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Summary: An entertaining movie about being a grownup
Review: "Big" is the story of a kid , Josh (Tom Hanks) who wishes he was an adult, and a wizard machine at a carnival grants his wish, and boom, he's an adult. Soon he's finding out a lot of things about being an adult such as having a relationship with Susan (Elizabeth Perkins), and working for a living. Will Josh enjoy being a grownup and want to stay that way and change his whole life? Or will be miss being a kid and want to turn back into a kid? That's what makes this movie so interesting is watching Josh try to be a grownup, and wonder whether he'll decide to be a grownup or a kid.

Tom Hanks, like in just about all of his movies, does a great job in this one. It's funny and it's entertaining the whole way through. I recommend "Big" to anybody who likes good movies.

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Summary: Big Fun and A Message, too!
Review: A story of a young boy who has the chance to do what most of us all wish we could do - be a grown-up for a day. As a grown-up, you can do all sorts of cool stuff - like go to a baseball game anytime, drink beer or even buy playboy magazine. How fun it would be to be a grown up.

In Big we see the real bond of two young boys and how wonderful it is to be a child and have a best friend. It's heart-touching and lots of fun, too. Living the high life of making toys and having secretaries takes a toll on the best of friends. Oh how we know a busy grown-up schedule pulls us apart from the people we love - mom, dad, friends...

Business success can beat you up, too. Tom Hanks shows us what's really important in life and it's not the size of your body.

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Summary: Be Careful What You Wish For--You Just Might Get Your Wish!
Review: A 12 year old boy wishes to be grown, then wakes the next morning in the body of a 30 year old man (played by Tom Hanks). Only the boy's best friend is in on the "secret", and together they go on a "big" adventure, making the best of this "dream-come-true". There is, of course, romance involved, and soon the "kid" feels lost in the role of the "big guy". Naturally there is a happy ending. The moral of the story: Be glad to be who you are; if you're a kid, you'll grow up soon enough, no rush! -- This is a sweet film, probably even more enjoyable to pre-teens.

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Summary: A Great Movie.
Review: Tom Hanks Did A Great Job On Playing Big Josh In This Movie. He Gets Out Of Bed The Next Morning And Realizes He Is Big. He Was A Little Kid Before. Then He Gets A Job At This Nice Office And Dates Some Lady. They Had Fun Together. Also You Should Take A Look At Forrest Gump. He Also Did An Excellent Job On Playing Forrest.

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Summary: Wonderful comedy!
Review: Laughs,Laughs,Laughs. This is a great funny movie for almost all ages! The concept is so good, with a bonus, humor! It is about a kid that wants to be an adult so bad, that one day he wishes for it, and of course, it comes true. Tom Hanks is wonderful, as in every movie he stars in. He has trouble at first and hets scared, but his kid-friend helps him find a place to live and work. He works as a toy tester at a toy invention place, which is perfect, because he has a kids mind. It is so funny how he acts around other adults, making them think it is too good to be true to have this guy working for them. He then begins missing the great things about being a kid, and wants to go back.

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Summary: The Funniest Movie Ever
Review: This Movie touched my heart in More ways then one, I remember when I was a 12-year-old, and sometimes I wish I could have a job like his, testing out toys, just to act 12 again. After being turned away from a ride because he was too short, he wishes to a machanical genie to make him "big". He thought the genie didn't work and he started to kick it, but when he woke up the next morning, boy was he wrong. This movie was always a favorite and makes me laugh every time I watch it. It touches the bases of adult and child issues in a genius way. Penny Marshal(director) is brilliant and thinks up some of the funniest material I have ever imagined. In one scene, the 12-year-old boy(Tom Hanks) was given a baby corn as a side dish and tried to eat it like real corn on the cobb. I love this movie and could watch it over and over again. If you watch it, you will realize that you could too!

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Summary: A nice little comedy
Review: Tom Hanks is great in this comedy. I grew up watching this movie as a child, and as each year I watched it with my family and as I matured, I found different things to laugh at and different things to understand. It's a great comedy that also stars Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins, and Jon Lovitz. Great movie, see it for sure.