Big

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Summary: Type of movie one can watch over and over again!
Review: Our only tiny complaint is no extras BUT other then that this is one of Tom Hanks great movies in his early years! Heart warming and a must see. Penny Marshall gets our 2 thumbs up. Great stoyline nd just good feelings all around. Tender light adult themed moments with humor. Buy it new or used. Worth every penny. We've watched it about 8 times already especially with what's happening around the world :-( Enjoy.

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Summary: I Get To Be On Top
Review: Released at a time when there were plenty of "out of body" or "switcheroo" films either being made or in development, Big stands out though, not only for blending comedy and fantasy, but for helping to make Tom Hanks a mega star. Everything about the movie works and it still holds up very well long after those similar flicks are all but forgotton.

Young Josh Baskin (David Moscow) has only one wish. He wants to be big. While attending an amusement park, David visits a mystical wish machine - only to awake the next morning and discover that his desire is now a reality...he is now an adult (Hanks). With the help of his friend Billy (Jared Rushton), Josh lands a job at a toy company. There, his inner wisdom enables him to successfully predict what children want to buy, making the awestruck, naïve Josh irresistible to Susan, (Elizabeth Perkins) a beautiful ladder-climbing colleague. But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood.

Directed by Penny Marshall from a near perfect script by Gary Ross (Dave) and Anne Spielberg (sister of director Steven Spielberg) the film is a fun yet poignant fairy tale. Hanks captures the spirit of childhood. My favorite scenes put David at the height of joy--where he plays the large piano with McMillian boss Robert Loggia, and the depths of dispair when he realizes that adulthood isn't all it's cracked up to be. Perkins has sparkling chemestry with Hanks. Really great stuff and definately a high point in Ms. Marhall's filmography.

I hope that a special edition DVD of Big is on the horizon. The film deserves better extras than just the theatrical trailer.

Big was the film that made people really notice Hanks and he hasn't had to look back since. The film made even this cynic smile.

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Summary: an expertly told modern fairy tale
Review: This film still contains Tom Hanks best performance in my opinion. Big is an expertly told modern fairy tale that captures perfectly the innocence and the enthusiasm of youth. This movie gets flawless performances from all the actors and actresses involved. It reminds us all of when we were young and Big is a testament to why we should always stay young at heart.

Big is among my favorite films of all-time and I honestly can't see any reason why someone would dislike this movie. In fact I believe it is the best movie to be made in the 80's and it's huge heart will allow Big too stand the test of time.


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Summary: Superb FILM!!!
Review: This has to be one of the greatest films all of all times,EVER!!
Tom Hanks did an exellent job playing a young boy(Joshua "Josh" Baskins) trapped in a grown mans' body. A child trying to make it in a rough world, living as an adult,but only in the flesh.
The writing was excellent! The entire casts' acting was superb! Penny Marshall has directed a true gem that has been a classic for about 14 years now, and will remain a classic for decades to come.
Living in New York as I do, It was really fun to know that the area where Josh met up with the fortune teller machine was shot on location at Rye Playland about 40 minutes driving time from where I live(pretty cool, huh?)I go in that area at times just to rekindle the movie shot(I'm pathetic,right?)
One of the funniest movie scences I can remember is when his (somewhat) love interest,Susan (played beautifully by Elizabeth perkins) tries to get romantic with Josh, but all he seems to care about is jumping on the trampling and seeing who gets to sleep on the TOP bunk.(His young mind cannot comprehend what she means when she says she wants to "SLEEP" with him). Those are classic "BIG" moments, along with him playing the gaint Step-On Keyboard at FAO Schwarz Toy Store that will never leave my memory!It was very interesting seeing Tom Hanks show his boyish side; that innocent charm that very few actors could have probably pulled off so well. I also like the moral to the story as well, JUST LIKE THEY SAY: "Be careful what you wish for,'cause you may get it". Every wish comes with a price. There's no such thing as a perfect wish.
(You'll know what I mean if you haven't seen the film yet). If you haven't seen this extraordinary movie yet, then please do yourself a favor and buy it. Or at least rent it first,then I'll guarantee you will purchase this movie to share with your family and friends for years to come.
P.S. I think Tom Hanks was perfect for the part of Josh,but do you think anybody else could have done a good job as well? What about Bill Murray or Robin Williams? What do you think? Well...now that i think about it, with Tom Hanks playing the Award winning role,and seeing how well it was played, I don't think I'd have it any other way. -- PEACE.

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Summary: VERY BIG!!!!!
Review: THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE. I LOVE THIS VIDEO IT IS A COMEDY,DRAMA, AND A LOVE STORY. IT IS WONDERFUL I LOVE IT VERY MUCH. IT IS A ABOUT A KID WHO WISHES TO BE A GROWN UP AND HIS WISH BECOMES GRANTED. AND HE HAVES A GREAT TIME BEING BIG BUT HE BEGINS TO MISS HIS FAMILY . I LIKE THIS MOVIE IT IS GREAT ANYONE WHO LIKES TOM HANKS WHOULD DEFINITELY ENJOY THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!

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Summary: a classic
Review: this movie is a classic.. it stand the test of time because the story itself is about what we all deal with in life.. growing up and being a kid.. this is one of the only movies that has ever made me cry at the ending it is a touching movie and will take you back to your childhood and the 80's i was a child during the 80's and seeing the toys and the way the kids act back then takes me back to my childhood... a classic movie..

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Summary: I Wish I Were Big
Review: What would you do if you are a young boy, and suddenly turns into an adult? In this movie ¡°Big,¡± Josh has the experience of being an adult. Josh Baskin (Tom Hanks) was a 13 year old boy, one day he makes a wish in a Zoltar machine at the carnival. He wishes he were big, the next morning when he woke up his wish came true, and he became an adult of 30 years old.
Josh ran away from home with his friends help Billy (Jared Rushton), they try to find the Zoltar and make another wish that turn him back into a kid. He live in a hotel With shootings going on in the street, sometimes Josh feel very scare of living there, because in his mind he still a very young boy. Before he find the Zoltar machine he lads on a toys company, and he became the Vise President of the development. In the company, he makes many jokes, for example, one time there¡¯s a meeting of turning the building into a robot, but Josh didn¡¯t know anything about it so he just say ¡°I didn¡¯t get it¡±, and he says why don¡¯t you turn the robot into a bug. Even Josh looks like an adult, but he still thinking things like a young boy.
In the company, he discover the advantage of been an adult, he has freedom, money and lots of toys in his house. The boss of the company realy like Josh, and they both play with Piano in the Fao Schwarz. In the same time he falls in love with the company worker Susan. The more Josh experiences being an adult, the more he wants back of childhood. A few days later, his best friend Billy came with the news of where he could find the Zoltar machine. He was not very happy with the news, even he wants to turn back to a kid, but now he has Susan. Finally, he¡¯ll make another wish with the Zoltar machine, he wish he were a kid and his wish granted again.
This movie ¡°Big¡± shows much happiness, but also sadness. The costumes of this movie fashion in that time, but women are not dressing very sexy in that time already. In the party all mans wearing tux and women dress very nicely, but Josh was the only one who dresses very special, and is different from all others. His dress looks cute from the party and I think that he don¡¯t really know what to dress, because that¡¯s the first time he went to those big party with all adults.
Tom Hanks was perfect that when he act as kid in a mans body, he act really like a kid even he has an adult look. For example, when he live in the hotel, he heard shootings going on in the street he was very scare and cry in his pillow calling his mom. That really make looks like a little kid when they are missing there mother.