

Big
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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7.2/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $18M
- Box office
- $151.9M
- Language
- English
- coming of age
- best friend
- co-workers relationship
- body swap
- magic realism
- bronx, new york city
- nostalgic
- pinball machine
- toy maker
- job promotion
- homesick
- new toy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG3 Jun 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12Cut for PG; uncut in 200821 Oct 1988
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM21 Oct 1988
FranceFR
- TheatricalU7 Sept 1988
GermanyDE
- Theatrical629 Sept 1988
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1230 Aug 1990
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG21 Oct 1988
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT14 Oct 1988
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1223 Jul 1988
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/630 Sept 1988
RomaniaRO
- Theatrical123 Jun 1988
SlovakiaSK
- TV12TV Markíza1 Jan 1997
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Big was released on 3 June 1988.
Audience reviews
2- A7/10
Andre Gonzales
4/30/2023
Love this movie growing up. Everytime I went to a fair I was always hoping to find a machine like this. Still one of my favorite movies of all time.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/21/2025
Oh, if only I was still young enough to wish I was older! That’s the problem facing the young “Josh” (David Moscow) who just wants to get all the school and puberty malarkey over and done with. Well a strange looking slot machine called “Zoltar” offers him a wish in return for his quarter. Of course, he goes home to bed thinking it’s all nonsense, but when he awakens in the morning suffice to say his jeans no longer …
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