When I was 13 most Saturdays I'd spend 25 cents to take a bus downtown, not the big city, but I'd go alone and my parents didn't worry. I'd play video games, watch a movie, buy some comic books and candy, check out the book store, hobby shop, and record shop before going home. Life was good.
In the 80s we were latchkey kids. We basically roamed free as long as we went to school and got home in time for dinner. Only hyperactive parents really cared where you were every minute.
I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking Josh had the coolest home ever. Pinball, a Pepsi machine, and best of all, that huge trampoline inside the house! I wanted all of that so bad! Now it's many years later and I'm an adult, and you know what? Every time I see this movie, I STILL want that apartment, especially the giant trampoline in the house!
Saw this for the first time when I was very young. I immediately fell in love with the idea of living in a loft. Seemed like the coolest thing in the world.
It amazes me that so many reactors are weirded out by this movie. Don't overthink it. This movie is fairly innocent. It would be like worrying about beastiality in Beauty and the Beast or The Little Mermaid...
I'm 73 so I've seen a lot of changes over the years in cultural mores. Times change, and younger reactors don't seem much aware of how things were before they were born.
@@flarrfan There seems to be a big cutoff around people born after 1990 or so, i.e. too young to have really experience life before cell phones. My impression is that someone born in e.g. 1985 is more connected to the world of 1970 than someone born in 1995 is to even 1990.
I like the fact that she first gained respect for Josh when he made no sexual advancements towards her on that first date. The first time he comes back to work with a huge spring in his step after they "hooked up" is hilarious.
"I wonder how many adults that are walking among us are secret 12-year-olds?" First I laughed, then I thought about it, and I'm pretty sure I've met a few.
@@JohnLeePettimoreIII Just because it came first, doesn't mean it was his big break. Ask Clooney. George Clooney didn't become really rich and famous until he left TV for films. Same with Hanks.
@@moondog3056 she was 26 when this was filmed. i'd say she looks 26 to me. she doesn't look super young but how can she look 40? where are her wrinkles?
I was 29 years old when I watched this at the theater, Dawn Marie. That trampoline scene with "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen playing took me to another level of enjoyment.
"Young boys&old men are the best! And in between are just going thru a phase that nobody wants to see." As an old man (70), I have to agree with Dawn!!!
Tom Hanks started out in a very successful Comedy Tv show and transitioned into making movies. He made several good quirky comedies, and was mainly known as a comedic actor. In BIG he continued to show comedic side but was able to showcase his real acting skills for the first time, with how he was able to transform convincingly into his character. This movie was a huge stepping stone stone, definitely a break out into more serious roles, but I think Forest Gump was his real breakout film as an A list actor
Beluga is a type of caviar..... very expensive caviar $ BTW: The girl in the office doesn't know Josh is a teenager ! You find it creepy because you know he's a teenager ! You see a pile of leaves and you... Kids from the 70s & 80s dive and play for a hour in that pile of leaves 😁 Kids today whey see a big pile of leaves: Oh No stay away from those dirty messy leaves !😮 One more thing... whats wrong with a teenager walking the city streets ? I did it all time in the 70s and even now a kid walking the streets in the daytime is not a big deal. Thats the problem today parents shelter their kids and the never grow up or it slows them from growing up. Another great reaction thank you 🙂👍
The romance part was a necessary part of the film. Because it is a definite part of her story arc and his realization that he wanted to go through his teenage years.
13 year old boys never found this movie creepy when it came out. Their minds were on something else. FYI: Tom Hanks has 8 movies and a lot of TV appearances prior to "Big" (1988). "Splash" (1983) was his first movie, second was "Bachelor Party" (1984). Both are recommended.
This movie points out something very important in life. People become unhappy because they lose their inner child. They forget how to have real fun. I've never lost that. 🙃 Makes my wife laugh a lot.
This is one of Tom Hanks best performances. The scene where he's in the motel room all by himself. The couple next door are fighting and they're loud, Guns shoots are happening just outside his window. He jumps into bed curled up in a fetal position. He's crying his eyes out. He's alone in a scary place. He also knows that because he's a full grown adult. He can't go back home or his mother would not believe he is her son. All he can do is cry. A brilliant performance by Tom Hanks.
John Heard who plays Paul. I met him in 2005 when I worked for a security company for the tv show Prison Break. He was driven on a golf cart when he was passing and I waved to him and he waved back at me. He came back through the Prison and got to talk to him for a bit. Such a very nice person but R.I.P. to him. He passed away in 2017
I'm 28 now. I loved this movie as a kid. It's hard for me to defend it against people saying it's creepy, because I'm seeing the same thing they're seeing. I get it But ever since i was a kid I've been able to set logic and reality aside and just watch the movie. Not just see the movie for what it is but also have the vision and imagination to see what the movie for what it's trying to be/say as well. And i think modern audiences have lost that sadly People today don't want imagination, they want explanations. "Why didn't they do it this way? Why didn't they do it that way? How does [x] work? What happens when [x]? Wouldn't [x] be a problem?"
In his earlier days,Tom Hanks did several movies with Meg Ryan, which I suppose would be considered romantic comedies: Joe vs. the Volcano Sleepless in Seattle You've Got Mail.
@@markerractrillion7267 I quite agree. Joe vs the Volcano is sui generis. It's the kind of movie that you either get it or you don't. Meg Ryan put it best when they're talking on the boat and she says that most people go through life asleep but for those who are awake they look at the world in wonder.
The amusement park where Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins go to is called PlayLand Amusement Part, in Rye, NY. It’s also called Rye Playland. I used to go there a lot. The roller coaster that they’re riding is called the “Dragon Coaster and was a big deal when I was a kid and original to the park built in 1928. It’s the same roller coaster in Fatal Attraction!
Directed by Penny Marshall (Laverne in 'Laverne and Shirley')...who went on to direct Tom Hanks in 'A League of Their Own'. Two great movies! 'Big' was the first movie directed by a woman to gross over $100 million at the U.S. box office.
Yeah - and Jon Lovitz (who played the Josh's co-worker in the cubicle next to him) was the baseball scout who brought Dottie, Kit & Marla Hooch to the baseball try-outs. Like her brother, Gerry Marshall (and Tom Hank's later), she liked working with certain actors in several films in their careers as producers/directors.
Beluga caviar is the most expensive type of caviar, usually is imported from Russia, and has a rich, buttery flavor but can be too salty for many people’s taste.
David Moscow (young Josh) was always on set. They would do a dry run of a scene and Tom Hanks would study his idiosyncrasies and then emulate them with the camera rolling. Tom Hanks did the same thing when filming Forrest Gump . he emulated Michael Connor Humphreys’ (young Forest ) verbal idiosyncrasies and then copied them to get the Forest Gump accent
~0:57 - The game is "Cavern of the Evil Wizard." You are correct it is not a real game, it was made for the movie. However, it is based on real games at the time. Adventure games. In some you had to type, in others you could point and click. They're actually rather fun.
50? Elizabeth Perkins, the actress, was only 28 in 1988. Women were more mature in the '70s and '80s apparently. As for romance, the 40 yr old man and 18 yr old girl was a popular coupling in the '70s and '80s. So this is a flip of Woody Allen's movies.
'Popular'... can't recall that many movies with age gaps that large. Even in the only Woody movie where it happens - Manhattan - they make it a plot point of how odd it is (I think the girl is something like 18). Plus this isn't a Woody Allen style movie (for adults) it's a family fantasy - primary audience kids. And she actually has sex with him. And he's 12. Big difference between 12 and 18.
@@TheNightBadger Well, at the same time the very popular 'Hill Street Blues' TV cop drama had the very old sergeant going on about his high school cheerleader girlfriend, who he marries in later seasons. And into the 1990s, the laws didn't cover older female/underage male sex. Only when the girl was younger.
@@jkbrown5496 I don't remember Hill Street Blues very well. I'm still not sure that makes it 'popular' at the time. There were some age-gap relationships sure, but even then middle-aged men and teen girls were frowned upon. Younger women yes, very young, not so much. Also, I'm pretty sure age of consent laws always covered boys as well as girls - even though I imagine society and the law treated them very differently.
Another enjoyable reaction by the enchanting Dawn Marie who is not only a living work of art, but an absolute sweetheart. PLEASE lets start the movement for Dawn to release the reaction to The Transformers The Movie animated classic on RUclips for all of us to enjoy!!!! It would also be a gift for my bday in November!! We wanna see Dawn bust some decepticreeps!! Like if you agree!!
2:20 "omg how embarrassing" That was me as a young teenager, and still today, actually. Lol. Got picked on, laughed at, and bullied in school because i was so short. I'm still only 5'6...40 years later. 😆 😢😢
I was curious about the game at the beginning. Turns out it's not real however "BoMToons created a game called The Cavern of the Evil Wizard about 20 years after the release of Big as an homage to that game" -quote from reddit.
I was just in Williams AZ on vacation [to see the Grand Canyon]. ....some store had that "Swami" machine outside on the sidewalk, talking to people and everything. Some woman said out loud "I wish my husband was big." We couldn't stop laughing....
Who could resist Ann-Margaret? I've loved her since I saw the open and especially the close of Bye Bye Birdie when I was barely 12. In fact, I think A-M bouncing her boobs at the end might have jumpstarted my puberty.
Oh stop! Elizabeth Perkins did not look even close to 40!! And why would she pick up that he was a kid?? Seriously, how many kids to you know that look like a 30 year old??!!
She was just unable to accept the premise and spent the entire movie trying to over analyze it instead of enjoying the flipped script. I couldn't take it.
The actress most definitely did NOT look “40” - she was in her late 20’s and looks her age. Her skin is flawless. Perhaps you are misled by the 80’s hairstyle, but she does not look anywhere near 40.
She should've known he was a child??? HE WAS AN ADULT! So disappointed that Dawn is just like all the other reactors in her age range. They've been conditioned to see things in ways that were never intended, imposing real world standards on fantasy and comedy films.
What I've wished for on birthday cakes? No, none that I can remember have ever come true. But when I've just generally wished to get to the bathroom before it's too late, _that_ has come true. Thankfully!
Well, a teen can get a learner's permit at 15 in most States, I believe. They can in my State. And the boy is said to be 13 a couple of times during the film.
@@ahappyshow Yea, fifteen and one half year you get a permit, but that’s only with an adult in the car. This was obviously a clear path of a sixteen year old , at the LEAST! Probably eighteen. Twelve year old girls move up! It’s natural!😆🌿🌸
Hanks character was 13. So, assuming the girl he was smitten with was a classmate, she was 13. So the older "Chad" who could drive could have been 15 or 15.5. Still too old for the little wench.
Tom Hanks is great in the 80's. Then there's every other decade and he's absolutely amazing. Even when he plays a local idiot he's absolutely brilliant. Can't stop that
This movie was directed by Penny Marshall who also directed A League of Their Own. When she directed this movie, she was the first female director - everyone questioned whether a woman could do a good job directing a movie. The year this came out, there were two other "young man becomes older man" movies released. This is the only one that is still talked about. The other two starred Dudley Moore in one and Judge Reinhold in the other. I don't recall their titles. Penny Marshall's brother was Frank Marshall who also was a director and played Mr. Harvey (Harvey Candy Bars) in A League of Their Own. And her husband was Rob Reiner who directed The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally. So directing ran in the family.
Hi Dawn, I hope you’re not coming down with a cold. Another early Tom Hanks movie where everyone is age appropriate and wonderful is Joe Verses the Volcano. It’s his first pairing with Meg Ryan. Quirky as all get out, you would have a tough time guessing what’s going to happen next. But it really is good and you’d love it.
Fun little FYI: Tom Hank’s boss in this movie also plays Frank in the movie Scarface. He’s also Richard Gere’s father in the movie An Officer And A Gentleman. Versatile actor.
Just turned 56, and my wife says I still act like a child sometimes. You're only grossed out because you know the character changed. But I bet if you didn't see that and just saw an adult, you wouldn't think they were a kid just because they act a little childish.
"The broad success of the fantasy comedy Big (1988) established Hanks as a major Hollywood talent, both as a box office draw and within the industry as an actor. For his performance in the film, Hanks earned his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor." Splash was a breakout role. BIG was a career changing role and much bigger box office hit.
If you ever go back to classic, B&W films from the 1940s, there's one called "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and a teenage Shirley Temple. It is a hilarious, comedy-of-errors film with an age-related theme. It is innocent and very funny.
I saw Big in the Cinema when i was 8 and it was my favourite Movie for a long, long time. I still watch it now and again. I used to think it would be so cool to be a grown up, now id give anything to be 8 again! Lol
When the were eating "beluga" they were referring to what is considered the most sought after caviar. This caviar comes from the beluga sturgeon. The beluga sturgeon is native to the Caspian Sea but can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. In case you aren't aware, beluga caviar consists of the salted roe (or eggs) of the beluga sturgeon. These eggs are valued as a luxury gourmet food and prices can vary a great deal from about $50.00 U.S dollars per ounce (44.70€ per 30 grams), to $165.00 U.S dollars per ounce (147.50€ per 30 grams). So if you really like raw salted fish eggs, these are the most prestigious 🤴👸. Personally, I tried them and my reaction was the same as Josh Baskins 16:25 🤢 . I'll just have the cracker (biscuit) with some nice mild cheese thanks 🧀.
Splash is a good argument for Tom's breakout role but 'Big' was his first Oscar nomination and when people really started to realise just how good he was.
Tom Hanks was already famous when he made this movie. He was on the TV show Bosom Buddies. He was in the movies Splash and Bachelor Party. He was in some other stuff too. This wasn't his breakout role.
I always wonder, when Josh grew into a young man naturally, if his mom ever looked at him and said, "Hang on a sec...he looks EXACTLY like the guy who kidnapped my son!" Similarly, I've thought about Marty McFly's parents after Marty grew up, thinking, "Gee, he sure looks EXACTLY like the kid who helped get us together back at that High School dance!"
Hanks first became famous as a comedic actor in the 80's. That is all he was known for. In the 90's he experimented with drama (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump) and the public found out he was good at that too.
I saw 👀 saw this at 13 and this was every 13 year old boys dream 🛌 movie just like you would be every boy who’s 13 years old girl friend…Young boys turn to girls at this age Dawn and yes older women 😆LOL…Love this movie and for all of us who grew up watching this as young kids it will always have a soft place in our hearts 💕 as something special..😊😊😊
Tom Hanks breakthroiugh role was Bosom Buddies: a tv sitcom. He and his roommate dressed as women so they can rent a cheap apartment in an all female building. It was a funny show but it's years since I've seen it..
Fun fact Tom Hanks and myself are distant cousins of the past President Abe Lincoln both on his maternal line. Lincoln's mother (a Hanks) was a pro fighter in KY that preyed on men passing through town by beating them in the ring. Her mother and mine were both a Mooney. Hanks looked a lot like the President but never played him in film. Just look a US Five dollar bill and picture Tom with a beard. He has both the hair and the stature. My favorite movie with Tom is when he played Jim Lovell.
In the beginning you asked about the driving age in the U.S. As an American who has taught English outside the U.S., I always told my students it’s better to look at the U.S. as being similar to the E.U. (European Union). That’s because each state has their own rules on: driving age, gun ownership, age of consent, traffic laws, liquor laws, gambling, marijuana laws, death penalty, taxes, and believe it or not there are states where beastiality is legal. And there are states like South Carolina that didn’t allow interracial marriage til the 2000’s. Each is very different in their own way. The U.S. is really like 50 different countries each with their own governments, rules, and religious preferences.
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Poor Elizabeth Perkins, you said she looks about 40, she was 27!
The funny thing is..... That's exactly how my old ass remembers things 😂
It's funny how she looked like that for about a couple of decades. Mary Steenburgen was the same way.
I came to the comments for exactly the same thing
hahaha
27 at time of movies release so she was probably 25 or 26 during filming lol
How is this kid just walking around the city?
Because we were Gen-X.
Yeah, I barely was indoors as a kid, "don't go beyond the street" my mum would say, meanwhile I was in the next village. 😂
My limits were the town limits, unless on the train tracks, I was allowed to go a long way along them.
When I was 13 most Saturdays I'd spend 25 cents to take a bus downtown, not the big city, but I'd go alone and my parents didn't worry. I'd play video games, watch a movie, buy some comic books and candy, check out the book store, hobby shop, and record shop before going home. Life was good.
No just one generation. Every generation but the weak latest one.
When I was 12 I used to tell my mum I was going "into town" and then would come home from London with HMV bags. Which was not approved.
In the 80s we were latchkey kids. We basically roamed free as long as we went to school and got home in time for dinner. Only hyperactive parents really cared where you were every minute.
Every generation except the recent weak one was that way. Patheytic child-adults raising weaker children. Thankfully, most are not reproducing.
I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking Josh had the coolest home ever. Pinball, a Pepsi machine, and best of all, that huge trampoline inside the house! I wanted all of that so bad! Now it's many years later and I'm an adult, and you know what? Every time I see this movie, I STILL want that apartment, especially the giant trampoline in the house!
"I think I need to start employing some kids! They have fresh minds!"
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Saw this for the first time when I was very young. I immediately fell in love with the idea of living in a loft. Seemed like the coolest thing in the world.
You saying "her hair is overacting" is maybe the funniest thing I've ever heard you say! 🤣🤣
She only knows hes an adult. For her its not weird
It amazes me that so many reactors are weirded out by this movie. Don't overthink it. This movie is fairly innocent. It would be like worrying about beastiality in Beauty and the Beast or The Little Mermaid...
I'm 73 so I've seen a lot of changes over the years in cultural mores. Times change, and younger reactors don't seem much aware of how things were before they were born.
@@flarrfan If younger people didn't act like they know better, Dawn does NOT do that, the world would be a much better place.
@@flarrfan There seems to be a big cutoff around people born after 1990 or so, i.e. too young to have really experience life before cell phones. My impression is that someone born in e.g. 1985 is more connected to the world of 1970 than someone born in 1995 is to even 1990.
Exactly. Female reactors like this just drive me nuts with inane vacuous over analysis, which kills the whole vibe. Just absurd.
Now that you bring that up....
I like the fact that she first gained respect for Josh when he made no sexual advancements towards her on that first date. The first time he comes back to work with a huge spring in his step after they "hooked up" is hilarious.
"I wonder how many adults that are walking among us are secret 12-year-olds?" First I laughed, then I thought about it, and I'm pretty sure I've met a few.
I’d say Splash or Bachelor Party were his break role. Post Bosom Buddies, that is.
Splash, sure. Bachelor Party was trash, except the soundtrack.
Yeah, Splash was a Top 10 movie four years before Big.
Those were his second and third roles. Big was six films and four years later.
Joe vs, Volcano is good also
@@bandmaidfanATL Bachelor Party is the Citizen Kane of our time! LOL!
14:11 “young boys are the best” wasn’t on my bingo card of things I thought sawn would say?! 😂😂😂
I believe Splash was his breakout role
Absolutely correct.
Almost everything Tom has done has been next level over and over. Hollywood isn't worthy.
nope. it was the television show, *_"Bosom Buddies"_* (with peter scolari) that got him noticed by the big boys in hollywood.
@@JohnLeePettimoreIII Just because it came first, doesn't mean it was his big break. Ask Clooney. George Clooney didn't become really rich and famous until he left TV for films. Same with Hanks.
@ 14:11 "Young boys are the best"
- Dawn "The Scottish Cougar" Marie, 2024
LMAO! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
good call. 😃
Elizabeth Perkins was a doll in this movie. And in Miracle on 34th Street as well. In fact, she's still as lovely as ever
She looks 40? Jeez. Women are hard on each other. lol... She's in her mid 20s here. She even looks mid 20s to me.
Agreed. It's toxic how hard people can be on others' appearance.
You've got to be kidding. I don't care how old she is, but she does NOT look in her 20's here
@@moondog3056 I'm going to assume you're very young.
The reviewer person always comes across as a woman hater. Sad.
@@moondog3056 she was 26 when this was filmed. i'd say she looks 26 to me. she doesn't look super young but how can she look 40? where are her wrinkles?
"She looks about 40." What??? She was 27 when the movie was released. Didn't look much older than that, either.
It's the shoulder pads...😅
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And Hanks was 32. Which makes his convincing performance as a 13 year old simply amazing.
I was 29 years old when I watched this at the theater, Dawn Marie. That trampoline scene with "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen playing took me to another level of enjoyment.
That Zoltar machine creeped me right the hell out as a kid. Even as an adult, I find it unsettling.
"Young boys&old men are the best! And in between are just going thru a phase that nobody wants to see."
As an old man (70), I have to agree with Dawn!!!
Tom Hanks started out in a very successful Comedy Tv show and transitioned into making movies. He made several good quirky comedies, and was mainly known as a comedic actor. In BIG he continued to show comedic side but was able to showcase his real acting skills for the first time, with how he was able to transform convincingly into his character. This movie was a huge stepping stone stone, definitely a break out into more serious roles, but I think Forest Gump was his real breakout film as an A list actor
This movie makes me cry every time. How innocent we are when we’re young How corrupted we become as life pounds us. God help us.
Beluga is a type of caviar..... very expensive caviar $
BTW: The girl in the office doesn't know Josh is a teenager !
You find it creepy because you know he's a teenager !
You see a pile of leaves and you...
Kids from the 70s & 80s dive and play for a hour in that pile of leaves 😁
Kids today whey see a big pile of leaves: Oh No stay away from those dirty messy leaves !😮
One more thing... whats wrong with a teenager walking the city streets ?
I did it all time in the 70s and even now a kid walking the streets in the daytime is not a big deal. Thats the problem today parents shelter their kids and the never grow up or it slows them from growing up.
Another great reaction thank you 🙂👍
'young boys are the best'. Just 1 of those lines a man could never say.
The romance part was a necessary part of the film. Because it is a definite part of her story arc and his realization that he wanted to go through his teenage years.
13 year old boys never found this movie creepy when it came out. Their minds were on something else.
FYI: Tom Hanks has 8 movies and a lot of TV appearances prior to "Big" (1988). "Splash" (1983) was his first movie, second was "Bachelor Party" (1984). Both are recommended.
The romance part is fine. She’s not to blame. He knew he was a kid and still went for it. It’s on him.
There are plenty of grown ass adults who act like teenagers, so how would Perkins' character know for sure?
This movie points out something very important in life. People become unhappy because they lose their inner child. They forget how to have real fun. I've never lost that. 🙃 Makes my wife laugh a lot.
Nice reaction, you always seem to have so much fun doing your reactions I bet your friends love being around you.
TURNER & HOOCH! (Tom Hanks) Gotta watch! 😊😅😂 A cop & his dog. A young Tom Hanks! 😊
This is one of Tom Hanks best performances. The scene where he's in the motel room all by himself. The couple next door are fighting and they're loud, Guns shoots are happening just outside his window. He jumps into bed curled up in a fetal position. He's crying his eyes out. He's alone in a scary place. He also knows that because he's a full grown adult. He can't go back home or his mother would not believe he is her son. All he can do is cry. A brilliant performance by Tom Hanks.
Recently watched Roxanne, a late 80's movie you might enjoy :) With Steve Martin... and thank you for doing Big, haven't seen it since I was a kid...
The large piano scene. Best male bonding scene ever.
The actor who plays MacMillan (Robert Loggia) went to grade school with my mother. He's from Staten Island, NY
A Beluga is a big fish, a sturgeon. What they were eating were Beluga eggs. Caviar
Very salty.
Back in the eighties when this movie came out it was just another Friday night. That's how many great movies were being made back then!
John Heard who plays Paul. I met him in 2005 when I worked for a security company for the tv show Prison Break. He was driven on a golf cart when he was passing and I waved to him and he waved back at me. He came back through the Prison and got to talk to him for a bit. Such a very nice person but R.I.P. to him. He passed away in 2017
Truthfully, one of the FEW Tom Hanks movies that I LIKE.
Big is a perfect example of Tom Hanks acting range. The man can do anything
I'm 28 now. I loved this movie as a kid. It's hard for me to defend it against people saying it's creepy, because I'm seeing the same thing they're seeing. I get it
But ever since i was a kid I've been able to set logic and reality aside and just watch the movie. Not just see the movie for what it is but also have the vision and imagination to see what the movie for what it's trying to be/say as well. And i think modern audiences have lost that sadly
People today don't want imagination, they want explanations. "Why didn't they do it this way? Why didn't they do it that way? How does [x] work? What happens when [x]? Wouldn't [x] be a problem?"
In his earlier days,Tom Hanks did several movies with Meg Ryan, which I suppose would be considered romantic comedies:
Joe vs. the Volcano
Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail.
I love JOE VS THE VOLCANO …his most underrated film.
@@markerractrillion7267 I quite agree. Joe vs the Volcano is sui generis. It's the kind of movie that you either get it or you don't. Meg Ryan put it best when they're talking on the boat and she says that most people go through life asleep but for those who are awake they look at the world in wonder.
"Young boys are the best!"
*insert "what do you mean by that?" Meme...
The amusement park where Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins go to is called PlayLand Amusement Part, in Rye, NY. It’s also called Rye Playland. I used to go there a lot. The roller coaster that they’re riding is called the “Dragon Coaster and was a big deal when I was a kid and original to the park built in 1928. It’s the same roller coaster in Fatal Attraction!
Growing up in NYC in the 80's, my friends and I had free reign on wherever we want to go as long as we got home by dinner. Latchkey kids for sure!
Directed by Penny Marshall (Laverne in 'Laverne and Shirley')...who went on to direct Tom Hanks in 'A League of Their Own'. Two great movies! 'Big' was the first movie directed by a woman to gross over $100 million at the U.S. box office.
Yeah - and Jon Lovitz (who played the Josh's co-worker in the cubicle next to him) was the baseball scout who brought Dottie, Kit & Marla Hooch to the baseball try-outs. Like her brother, Gerry Marshall (and Tom Hank's later), she liked working with certain actors in several films in their careers as producers/directors.
10-15 years later and he regrets going back. Working a crappy job, can't get a woman nearly as hot as Elizabeth Perkins.
Beluga caviar is the most expensive type of caviar, usually is imported from Russia, and has a rich, buttery flavor but can be too salty for many people’s taste.
Caviar is nasty. Salty balls of cold goo. As Josh would say "I don't get it".
I thought the main hatchery (or whatever it's called lol) was in Sweden or something
@@user-wr9ej6xe4j could be. The caviar is the roe (eggs) of the Beluga Sturgeon which primarily lives in the Caspian and the Black Seas.
David Moscow (young Josh) was always on set. They would do a dry run of a scene and Tom Hanks would study his idiosyncrasies and then emulate them with the camera rolling. Tom Hanks did the same thing when filming Forrest Gump . he emulated Michael Connor Humphreys’ (young Forest ) verbal idiosyncrasies and then copied them to get the Forest Gump accent
~0:57 - The game is "Cavern of the Evil Wizard." You are correct it is not a real game, it was made for the movie. However, it is based on real games at the time. Adventure games. In some you had to type, in others you could point and click. They're actually rather fun.
The teller is one of my favorite actresses, Lela Ivey.
"Your hair is over-acting, trying to get a better role in the next movie" Whoa! Savage Dawn in the house :o
50? Elizabeth Perkins, the actress, was only 28 in 1988. Women were more mature in the '70s and '80s apparently. As for romance, the 40 yr old man and 18 yr old girl was a popular coupling in the '70s and '80s. So this is a flip of Woody Allen's movies.
'Popular'... can't recall that many movies with age gaps that large. Even in the only Woody movie where it happens - Manhattan - they make it a plot point of how odd it is (I think the girl is something like 18). Plus this isn't a Woody Allen style movie (for adults) it's a family fantasy - primary audience kids. And she actually has sex with him. And he's 12. Big difference between 12 and 18.
@@TheNightBadger Well, at the same time the very popular 'Hill Street Blues' TV cop drama had the very old sergeant going on about his high school cheerleader girlfriend, who he marries in later seasons.
And into the 1990s, the laws didn't cover older female/underage male sex. Only when the girl was younger.
Her most perfect role was Wilma in "The Flintstones"
@@jkbrown5496 I don't remember Hill Street Blues very well. I'm still not sure that makes it 'popular' at the time. There were some age-gap relationships sure, but even then middle-aged men and teen girls were frowned upon. Younger women yes, very young, not so much. Also, I'm pretty sure age of consent laws always covered boys as well as girls - even though I imagine society and the law treated them very differently.
@@rimasmuliolis1136 Not a great movie, but they sure got a spot-on cast!
Another enjoyable reaction by the enchanting Dawn Marie who is not only a living work of art, but an absolute sweetheart. PLEASE lets start the movement for Dawn to release the reaction to The Transformers The Movie animated classic on RUclips for all of us to enjoy!!!! It would also be a gift for my bday in November!! We wanna see Dawn bust some decepticreeps!! Like if you agree!!
2:20 "omg how embarrassing"
That was me as a young teenager, and still today, actually. Lol. Got picked on, laughed at, and bullied in school because i was so short. I'm still only 5'6...40 years later. 😆
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If you've ever watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you know you should not make a wish in front of a vengeance demon.
I was curious about the game at the beginning. Turns out it's not real however "BoMToons created a game called The Cavern of the Evil Wizard about 20 years after the release of Big as an homage to that game" -quote from reddit.
I was just in Williams AZ on vacation [to see the Grand Canyon]. ....some store had that "Swami" machine outside on the sidewalk, talking to people and everything. Some woman said out loud "I wish my husband was big." We couldn't stop laughing....
This has the same director as _A League of Their Own,_ Penny Marshall.
I think Grumpy Old Men is the movie for you. Catch the opposite end of your spectrum.
Who could resist Ann-Margaret? I've loved her since I saw the open and especially the close of Bye Bye Birdie when I was barely 12. In fact, I think A-M bouncing her boobs at the end might have jumpstarted my puberty.
And of course Grumpier Old Men after that.
Oh stop! Elizabeth Perkins did not look even close to 40!! And why would she pick up that he was a kid?? Seriously, how many kids to you know that look like a 30 year old??!!
She was just unable to accept the premise and spent the entire movie trying to over analyze it instead of enjoying the flipped script. I couldn't take it.
I suggested this at one point. Glad it made it to a poll.
I love the romance part!😂❤
The actress most definitely did NOT look “40” - she was in her late 20’s and looks her age. Her skin is flawless. Perhaps you are misled by the 80’s hairstyle, but she does not look anywhere near 40.
She easily looks like she could pass for a modern-day 40 year old, though, which generally look younger than that age did a few generations ago.
She should've known he was a child??? HE WAS AN ADULT! So disappointed that Dawn is just like all the other reactors in her age range. They've been conditioned to see things in ways that were never intended, imposing real world standards on fantasy and comedy films.
Yes. I don’t know why their generation does that. You articulated very well something I’ve thought but didn’t have the words for.
Does anyone else think Elizabeth Perkins looks like Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard)?
There is a certain resemblance there.
you said: "young boys are the best". lmao!
Tom Hanks.....what a catalog of movies
All of them ...best movie ever....
What I've wished for on birthday cakes? No, none that I can remember have ever come true. But when I've just generally wished to get to the bathroom before it's too late, _that_ has come true. Thankfully!
2:36. He is probably around twelve, she is probably around twelve, and the guy that drives is sixteen at the very least in the US. Girls date up.😆🌿🌸
Well, a teen can get a learner's permit at 15 in most States, I believe. They can in my State. And the boy is said to be 13 a couple of times during the film.
@@ahappyshow Yea, fifteen and one half year you get a permit, but that’s only with an adult in the car. This was obviously a clear path of a sixteen year old , at the LEAST! Probably eighteen. Twelve year old girls move up! It’s natural!😆🌿🌸
He's 13.
@@LeviBoldock Who is? 😆🌿🌸
Hanks character was 13. So, assuming the girl he was smitten with was a classmate, she was 13. So the older "Chad" who could drive could have been 15 or 15.5. Still too old for the little wench.
Tom hanks invents the iPad, and the world wasn't ready....
Dawn, good catch! i've probably watched this a dozen times, but never noticed Hanks shouting in the background.......
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Tom Hanks is great in the 80's. Then there's every other decade and he's absolutely amazing. Even when he plays a local idiot he's absolutely brilliant. Can't stop that
This movie was directed by Penny Marshall who also directed A League of Their Own. When she directed this movie, she was the first female director - everyone questioned whether a woman could do a good job directing a movie. The year this came out, there were two other "young man becomes older man" movies released. This is the only one that is still talked about. The other two starred Dudley Moore in one and Judge Reinhold in the other. I don't recall their titles. Penny Marshall's brother was Frank Marshall who also was a director and played Mr. Harvey (Harvey Candy Bars) in A League of Their Own. And her husband was Rob Reiner who directed The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally. So directing ran in the family.
Hi Dawn, I hope you’re not coming down with a cold.
Another early Tom Hanks movie where everyone is age appropriate and wonderful is Joe Verses the Volcano. It’s his first pairing with Meg Ryan. Quirky as all get out, you would have a tough time guessing what’s going to happen next. But it really is good and you’d love it.
Fun little FYI: Tom Hank’s boss in this movie also plays Frank in the movie Scarface. He’s also Richard Gere’s father in the movie An Officer And A Gentleman.
Versatile actor.
And was in the Sopranos.
Just turned 56, and my wife says I still act like a child sometimes. You're only grossed out because you know the character changed. But I bet if you didn't see that and just saw an adult, you wouldn't think they were a kid just because they act a little childish.
Dawn Marie " boys are good (with attitude) and old men, in between are going through a phase." LoL Dawn so hard to please.
I love Big, but Splash was Hanks's breakout role.
I thought it was "Bachelor Party".
"The broad success of the fantasy comedy Big (1988) established Hanks as a major Hollywood talent, both as a box office draw and within the industry as an actor. For his performance in the film, Hanks earned his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor."
Splash was a breakout role. BIG was a career changing role and much bigger box office hit.
I thought Tom Hank's first movie was splash from the year 1984. ? The movie about mermaids in New York.
I always watch your videos until the end because of the last two seconds. 🥰
For more 80s Tom Hanks check out Dragnet, Turner and Hooch as well as the 'burbs.
If you ever go back to classic, B&W films from the 1940s, there's one called "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and a teenage Shirley Temple. It is a hilarious, comedy-of-errors film with an age-related theme. It is innocent and very funny.
"I don't do anything intellectual" Detective Dawn says otherwise ;)
I saw Big in the Cinema when i was 8 and it was my favourite Movie for a long, long time. I still watch it now and again. I used to think it would be so cool to be a grown up, now id give anything to be 8 again! Lol
Elizabeth Perkins is great in this.
When the were eating "beluga" they were referring to what is considered the most sought after caviar. This caviar comes from the beluga sturgeon. The beluga sturgeon is native to the Caspian Sea but can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea.
In case you aren't aware, beluga caviar consists of the salted roe (or eggs) of the beluga sturgeon. These eggs are valued as a luxury gourmet food and prices can vary a great deal from about $50.00 U.S dollars per ounce (44.70€ per 30 grams), to $165.00 U.S dollars per ounce (147.50€ per 30 grams).
So if you really like raw salted fish eggs, these are the most prestigious 🤴👸.
Personally, I tried them and my reaction was the same as Josh Baskins 16:25 🤢 .
I'll just have the cracker (biscuit) with some nice mild cheese thanks 🧀.
Splash is a good argument for Tom's breakout role but 'Big' was his first Oscar nomination and when people really started to realise just how good he was.
The Mom is Mercedes Ruhl. She won an Oscar for her role in a Robin Williams movie called, The Fisher King!
Tom Hanks was already famous when he made this movie. He was on the TV show Bosom Buddies. He was in the movies Splash and Bachelor Party. He was in some other stuff too. This wasn't his breakout role.
When you're like 9 years old, that apartment he has is amazing. Actually, when you're 44 it still is.
I always wonder, when Josh grew into a young man naturally, if his mom ever looked at him and said, "Hang on a sec...he looks EXACTLY like the guy who kidnapped my son!" Similarly, I've thought about Marty McFly's parents after Marty grew up, thinking, "Gee, he sure looks EXACTLY like the kid who helped get us together back at that High School dance!"
24:00 - She's talking about trying to define THEIR relationship - her and Josh. And whether or not they need to define it right now.
$17 for the hotel room. Ugh the night before last I stayed in the cheapest room I could find and it was $64.
That was 1988 dollars. Which would be the equivalent of $45 today.
@@visaman Plus, it didn't seem like it was the greatest of neighborhoods??
Hanks first became famous as a comedic actor in the 80's. That is all he was known for. In the 90's he experimented with drama (Philadelphia, Forrest Gump) and the public found out he was good at that too.
This is one of those "classic" movies that could never get away with being made today lol.
I saw 👀 saw this at 13 and this was every 13 year old boys dream 🛌 movie just like you would be every boy who’s 13 years old girl friend…Young boys turn to girls at this age Dawn and yes older women 😆LOL…Love this movie and for all of us who grew up watching this as young kids it will always have a soft place in our hearts 💕 as something special..😊😊😊
Tom Hanks breakthroiugh role was Bosom Buddies: a tv sitcom. He and his roommate dressed as women so they can rent a cheap apartment in an all female building. It was a funny show but it's years since I've seen it..
Yeah, most people don't learn to play the piano on Humongous giant keyboards with their feet. That's why the scene was FUNNY.
Fun fact Tom Hanks and myself are distant cousins of the past President Abe Lincoln both on his maternal line. Lincoln's mother (a Hanks) was a pro fighter in KY that preyed on men passing through town by beating them in the ring. Her mother and mine were both a Mooney. Hanks looked a lot like the President but never played him in film. Just look a US Five dollar bill and picture Tom with a beard. He has both the hair and the stature. My favorite movie with Tom is when he played Jim Lovell.
In the beginning you asked about the driving age in the U.S. As an American who has taught English outside the U.S., I always told my students it’s better to look at the U.S. as being similar to the E.U. (European Union). That’s because each state has their own rules on: driving age, gun ownership, age of consent, traffic laws, liquor laws, gambling, marijuana laws, death penalty, taxes, and believe it or not there are states where beastiality is legal. And there are states like South Carolina that didn’t allow interracial marriage til the 2000’s. Each is very different in their own way. The U.S. is really like 50 different countries each with their own governments, rules, and religious preferences.