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Big

Have you ever had a really big secret?
Jun. 03, 1988USA104 Min.PG
Occasions:Date NightFamily Time
Protagonists:The Dreamer
Problems:Identity
Strategies:Self-Discovery
Settings:Big City
Feelings:Feel GoodMoved

Content

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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Ratings

Originaltitel Big
IMDB-Wertung 7.3 252,122 votes
TMDb-Wertung 7.18 3,768 votes

Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks isJosh Baskin
Josh Baskin
Robert Loggia isMacMillan
MacMillan
David Moscow isYoung Josh
Young Josh
Jon Lovitz isScotty Brennen
Scotty Brennen
Mercedes Ruehl isMrs. Baskin
Mrs. Baskin
Josh Clark isMr. Baskin
Mr. Baskin
Kimberlee M. Davis isCynthia Benson
Cynthia Benson

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