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starring tom hanks, elizabeth perkins • comedy • 1988 • not rated

plot summary: A 12-year-old boy wishes on a carnival machine to be "big" and he wakes up the next morning as Tom Hanks. Now, that's big!

review: Okay, I'm not going to get too into this movie since it's 14 years old at this point, and I'm sure we've all seen it. But, it was on Comedy Central this afternoon, and since I hadn't seen it in, oh, maybe 12 years, I thought I would leave it on as I worked. I seemed to remember enjoying it okay at the tender young age of 11.

Well, now at the grumpy old age of 25, can I just say EWW?! I was okay with this Wizard of Oz-esque fantasy/comedy up until the part where Tom Hanks (the 12-year-old caught in the 30-year-old body) HAS SEX with the actually 30-year-old Elizabeth Perkins character!!! EW! EW! EW!

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but that's gross. And sure, in this day and age, 12-year-old boys having sex isn't that odd. But not with 30-year-old women?!?! Or, is that commonplace now, too? Ew. Ew. Ew.

So, to summarize: Ew. (janice.03.02)

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