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Big

1988 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.2/10

Rating

104 min

Runtime

1988

Release Year

Penny Marshall

Director

Cast

Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton

Quick 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.

Full Plot Summary of Big

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.

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