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03/06/1988 Fantasy, Drama, Comedy 1h 44m
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Have you ever had a really big secret?

Overview

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.

  1. Penny Marshall

    Director

  2. Anne Spielberg

    Writer

  3. Gary Ross

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Hanks

    Josh Baskin

  2. Elizabeth Perkins

    Susan

  3. Robert Loggia

    MacMillan

  4. John Heard

    Paul

  5. Jared Rushton

    Billy

  6. David Moscow

    Young Josh

  7. Jon Lovitz

    Scotty Brennen

  8. Mercedes Ruehl

    Mrs. Baskin

  9. Josh Clark

    Mr. Baskin

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-21
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 fit and his mother is mortified that Tom Hanks appears to have moved in! What the young lad didn’t ask for, though, was a grown up mind to go with his new physique, a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$18,000,000.00

Revenue
$151,927,281.00

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