Have you ever had a really big secret?
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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Character
Classical in form, warm, effortless and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
91 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Tom HanksJosh
- Elizabeth PerkinsSusan
- Robert LoggiaMacMillan
- John HeardPaul
- Jared RushtonBilly
- Jon LovitzScotty Brennen
- David MoscowYoung Josh
- Mercedes RuehlMrs. Baskin
- Harvey MillerPersonnel Director
- Debra Jo RuppMiss Patterson
Crew
- Penny MarshallDirector
- Anne SpielbergWriter
- Gary RossWriter
- Barry SonnenfeldDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Barry MalkinEditor
- James L. BrooksProducer
- Robert GreenhutProducer
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