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Big

Movie · 1988 · 104 min

A warm, playful wish-fulfilment comedy that lets you enjoy adult life through a child's eyes, then quietly tugs at the heart.

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1988 film by Penny Marshall
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Year
1988
Runtime
104 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • love
  • friendship
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, coming-of-age, romantic comedy
Directed by
Penny Marshall
Written by
Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Starring
Tom Hanks, Mercedes Ruehl, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Elizabeth Perkins, Debra Jo Rupp, Paul Herman
Music
Howard Shore
Cinematography
Barry Sonnenfeld
Runtime
104 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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