: After being humiliated by his height at a carnival, Josh finds the Zoltar machine and makes his wish. He wakes up in the body of an adult (played by Tom Hanks) and is forced to flee his home when his own mother doesn't recognize him.
The film explores maturity not just through physical age, but through the weight of adult responsibilities versus the value of "childlike" wonder. movie big matures
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