Directed by:
Penny MarshallCinematography:
Barry SonnenfeldComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz, Mercedes Ruehl, Gary Howard Klar, Jamie Tirelli (more)VOD (6)
Plots(1)
Comedy about a 12-year-old boy who wishes to be bigger, and overnight becomes a 35-year-old man, who discovers that perhaps being a child isn't so bad after all. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Tom Hanks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294865_6a7ad4.jpg)
Tom Hanks
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
![Elizabeth Perkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777756_1cc541.png)
Elizabeth Perkins
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Speak (2004)
![Robert Loggia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267572_60b5c9.jpg)
Robert Loggia
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lost Highway (1997)
![John Heard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/141/163141723_834cdb.jpg)
John Heard
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Mindwalk (1990)
![Jared Rushton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886057_79165e.jpg)
Jared Rushton
USA
Best movies:
Overboard (1987)
Big (1988)
Dead Man's Walk (1996) (series)
![David Moscow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/897/161897020_b1cb13.jpg)
David Moscow
USA
Best movies:
Big (1988)
Newsies (1992)
Nearing Grace (2005)
![Jon Lovitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267760_b99d34.jpg)
Jon Lovitz
USA
Best movies:
Happiness (1998)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
A League of Their Own (1992)
![Mercedes Ruehl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420287_e4c4ea.png)
Mercedes Ruehl
USA
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
The Fisher King (1991)
Gary Howard Klar
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Big (1988)
Gloria (1980)
Jamie Tirelli
USA
Best movies:
Carlito's Way (1993)
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Marathon Man (1976)
![Harvey Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/984/161984738_3dca55.jpg)
Harvey Miller
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Big (1988)
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
![James Eckhouse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440498_368df4.png)
James Eckhouse
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Big (1988)
![Debra Jo Rupp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/118/165118206_4fdb4e.jpg)
Debra Jo Rupp
USA
Best movies:
Big (1988)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Senseless (1998)
![John Rothman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273865_91ae94.jpg)
John Rothman
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
United 93 (2006)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Matt Mindell
USA
Best movies:
Big (1988)
Quick Change (1990)
![Peter McRobbie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455749_53a935.jpg)
Peter McRobbie
UK
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Zelig (1983)
![Paul Herman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/795/162795898_7b4c66.jpg)
Paul Herman
USA
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Heat (1995)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Rockets Redglare
USA
Best movies:
Down by Law (1986)
In the Soup (1992)
Mystery Train (1989)
Nancy Giles
USA
Best movies:
Big (1988)
Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Working Girl (1988)
Samantha Larkin
Best movies:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Big (1988)