Film

Big

1988 · 1h 44m · Fantasy · Drama · Comedy

Have you ever had a really big secret?

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

98%

Metacritic

73

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.

Tom Hanks

Josh Baskin

Elizabeth Perkins

Susan

Robert Loggia

MacMillan

John Heard

Paul

Jared Rushton

Billy

David Moscow

Young Josh

Jon Lovitz

Scotty Brennen

Mercedes Ruehl

Mrs. Baskin

Josh Clark

Mr. Baskin

Kimberlee M. Davis

Cynthia Benson

Oliver Block

Freddie Benson

Erika Katz

Cynthia's Friend

Allan Wasserman

Gym Teacher

Mark Ballou

Derek

Gary Klar

Ticket Taker

Alec Von Sommer

First Brother

• Penny MarshallDirector
• Anne SpielbergWriter
• Gary RossWriter
• James L. BrooksProducer
• Robert GreenhutProducer
• Barry SonnenfeldDirector of Photography
• Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
• Barry MalkinEditor

Official TrailerBig (1988) Trailer ABig 1988 TV trailer

Release date

June 3, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$151,927,281

Genres

Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

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