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Actors: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Mercedes Ruehl, Jon Lovitz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Big |
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A 12-year-old gets tired of being a kid and wishes he were big one day. Whwn he wakes up the next day, he becomes Tom Hanks!
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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Thirteen-year-old Josh, a nice Long Island kid, keenly feels his smallness, and when an odd carnival fortune machine bids him make a wish, he says "I wish I were big." The next morning he wakes up in a 30-year-old body (Hanks), with the same mind and sensibility. His mother is aghast and doesn't believe it's him, but his best friend Billy is convinced and gives him money to hide out in the City for a few days. Josh ends up taking a menial job at a toy company, impressing the boss, getting instantly promoted to VP in charge of Product Development, and catches the eye of hard driving Susan (Perkins) as well as the enmity of her old boyfriend Paul (Heard). Given the initial premise, this 1988 hit is a delightfully plausible and utterly charming film. Hanks does a splendid job, and Perkins is a marvelous "straight man." With this movie, Penny Marshall became the first woman director to gross more than $100 million.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Big |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- adult acting like child
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
- student
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a kid
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
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