This scene….. The genuine grief felt for Elizabeth Perkin’s character watching her love walk away for reason s she doesn’t understand To watching magic and truth revealed in front of her very eyes To seeing childhood innocence smile back at her Washed away by a tidal wave of joy by a mother finding her lost child I cannot think of a more powerful, genuine ending to a movie. All aided by an incredible score.
This scene is just mesmerizing! The kiss on his forehead is so touching. At that point she knew he was a kid and couldn't kiss him as a grown man would be kissed.
This is the comment. Truly moves me. I always remembered how much I loved this movie, but now revisiting it as an adult, I was fearful it was spreading the wrong message. I paused this video and had to look away in disgust, but when I read your comment, it reminded me of how truly beautiful the ending was again and I had the courage to rewatch the ending. Needless to say, I was in tears. I recall just why this particular ending moved me, because she truly loved Josh and wanted the best for him. And now Josh can live his life properly as a child as he should, and Susan is reminded of how meaningful life is again as an adult. It didn't try to force anything that shouldn't be. It simply accepted not all things work out, but that in itself is a blessing. There is no need to long for the future or the past. Where we are right now is exactly where we should be. Susan and Josh will always remember eachother because they made eachother happy, and love comes in so many different ways. Not just through a partner, but someone who changes your life and makes you a better person. Now that is love, and what makes you "big". Sorry to write so much, I'm just emotional.
@@leninfranco9328actually no, she only thought he was married because while trying to explain to her that he was 13. He said he wanted to go home. The implied scene happened before he told her he was only a kid
Even though it's a "sad" ending to a movie, it's also optimistic in a way. Suzanne for the first time in a long time is able to see life from a better perspective, she is hopeful and optimistic, and although she will never see him again and the impossible lovers part, Josh has given her back an intimate part of herself that she believed. if not dead at least forgotten. Growing up, Suzanne had become hardened and cynical due to the imperatives of life, but now she is able to face life more emotionally.
It also probably helps that she was able to be intimate with someone for the first time. It was real for her and not some fling. She was truly in love with him.
I honestly don’t think it happened like that. I’m sure once Josh grew up and became an adult on his own without that Zoltar machine, I think him and Susan stayed as friends and they both dated someone their age.
No they don't. And it's sad. I'm sure there are still creators with talent like this Still around but because of the agenda Hollywood now forces on everything, you won't see much of it if any
Penny Marshall the film maker said in an itw that in the initial script they meet each other again like 10 years later and he fucked her right in the ass after a party.
Omg that look that he gave her after he turned back! "I gotta go, I love you but I have to go." Such an adult expression but from a child. Brilliant actor ❤
I think you're missing the point of the movie, no offense. We shouldn't live in the past or long for the future. We should appreciate what we have right now.
@@NanciBK Somehow I doubt that. I'm pretty sure that if someone agreed to make you a billionaire if you would relive ages 13 to 18, you wouldn't refuse.
As an 11 year old kid, this ending felt sappy and lovey dovey, which I didn't like. Now, as a 45 year old adult, you realize that Josh got to live the dream all adults have at some point, which is to be able to be a kid again, even if only for a little while. Such a wonderful movie that, sadly, Hollywood has no interest in doing anymore.
@@garrybrown2627Well yes and no, some parts are pretty rough though, I mean going through puberty and all the changes that happen at that age, i remember it was confusing for me, identifying who i was and why it was happening and everything.
True.. I didn't quite feel that way until like 14/15 personally.. I was still just being a kid at 12/13.. just got that nostalgia.. movies like Big, The Sandlot and Stand By Me and those first couple seasons of Stranger Things just make me miss being around that age and enjoying being a kid while I still can,having fun with my friends.
@@garrybrown2627 Oh definitely, I know what you mean, that feeling of being a kid, the innocence of it, no worries, except going to school, coming home and playing outside with the neighborhood kids, riding your bike , playing video games, ohhh what a life, and its funny, at the time, I know the mindset of how I was thinking, I thought it would never end, I took it day by day and never looked far into the future, until one day I finally realized it was gone forever, sad, but hey that's life I guess.
Normal conversation? Are you deranged? She abused his body. try going back to middle school and sitting in class, knowing what she did to him. How does he relate to his friends to girls to his teachers who are the same age as her she should be in prison.
At that moment, Josh had to make the hardest decision he had ever made, despite he had everything he wanted as an adult - a job, apartment & girl of his dreams but deep down he knows he miss his family & his family misses him dearly. It was nice of Susan drove him home & watched him become a kid again so he can reunite with his family 👪, I know Josh will never forget Susan, you don't forget your first love. This was, still is a happy but sad bittersweet ending. I love this movie a lot, real classic.
That's why I like this movie. Susan was Josh's "first love", but Susan was already an experienced adult. She took him back home where he belongs. Love at it's core isn't about romance, it's about wanting the best for that person and to be happy. Now that is love.
I totally agree. They might still be in contact since she does know where he lives. It’s also heartwarming when he sees his Mom again and how happy she is, when he comes home. Since you really can’t help but feel sorry for her for the entire movie. Since from her perspective it seems like her son was kidnapped or ran away. I love Big as well, it’s one of my favorite and comfort movies.
Susan declined Josh's offer to become young again for a reason. For those of you saying Susan would wait for Josh, I wholeheartedly disagree. Susan truly loved Josh, and that means wanting the best for him as a person. That is what makes the ending so touching, she understands he is just a child, as should behave like one. This movie teaches us we shouldn't wait to become big, but we shouldn't long to become small either. Where we are right now is exactly where we need to be. We don't always get what we want, but sooner or later, you'll realize, that is a blessing in disguise. Yes, Josh and Susan will never forget eachother, but that is because they both loved eachother and made eachother happy, but not all love is romantic, at the end of the day, love is love, and that is why Josh must reunite with his childself and his family, and live his life and Susan lives hers. The movie ended perfectly.
What I love about this movie is that it's different from the rest. It doesn't try and tell you to appreciate your childhood because adulthood will be dark. It simply just tells you to appreciate where you are right now, that life is a journey and every step of it counts. We can spend so much time wishing to rewind the past or fast forward to the future we forget all that we have right in front of us. It truly is so beautiful in every way.
I love this scene so much. At first, Susan is heartbroken the man she loves turns out to just be a child, but once she realizes this, she becomes happy for him. You can truly see the endearment in her eyes. That's makes this scene so tender, that even if Jason and Susan cannot be lovers, they both still changed eachother's lives and will remember eachother. That's what true love is, to want nothing more than the best for someone and for them to be happy. Her warm smile gives it all away. Oh how I love this movie so much. It teaches us we shouldn't wish to fast forward to the future or rewind back to the past either. We should simply appreciate where we are right now. From heartbroken to hopeful. What a beautiful and perfect ending.
I still choke up watching this scene. The emotion and music composing, but also the scenery. This is home to me, and I haven't been back in almost my entire adult life. They filmed this on scene in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
Definitely the best of the numerous "life swap" movies that popped up in the 80s, and this final scene is utterly hearbreaking. So little dialogue, but the whole story is etched on their faces right to the very end. Brilliantly done.
Watching this film around that time compared to now is such a different experience. 80's-90's as a kid: Great movie. The exciting idea of growing up fast, get to work at a toy company, the piano, ignore the boring grown up bits. Now just turned 40: Enjoying the movie but feeling so sad for Susan who's basically left behind. Understanding how powerful and incredible that ending is. Remarkable.
Exatamente como eu. Agora com 43 anos acabei de ver este filme e a personagem que mais admiro é a Susan, por toda a evolução que tem. Mete pena que ela termine assim, mas o largo sorriso no final dá esperança para o futuro
I think what I like about big is that, when you go in, you expect to watch a film which screams to you ‘being a child was good, being an adult is bad’ and all that, but you end up realising that that’s not true at all. Instead it’s a film trying to show how depressing the adult world can be, yet with a little child like wonder, you can make yourself come across a lot more likeable. I think Elizabeth Perkins character is the most underrated, someone who mainly deals with business and is presented that she doesn’t get close with men very often, but then Josh arrives and it changes her. Near the start she wears all black and usually business like uniform, yet when she ends up being with Josh she wears much more chill clothing. Her character is superb and shows the expectation that comes with being an adult. Josh brings the best out of her. Overall, I’m happy in the end that she could move on and was willing to help Josh. Even though he was the main character, her character shows the most change throughout. I love this film 😅
I always wondered what Josh told the police when he got home. I mean they’re surely ask him where he was , who he was with? Why he was taken ? He’d never be able to tell the truth because no one would believe him.
Alternate ending: Susan doesn’t decline josh’s offer to become younger again and makes the same wish as him. After she drives him home, they both step out of the car and in the next scene, josh becomes a kid again. He turns to see Susan, who is now a eleven-year old girl. Josh then reunites with his mother. The last scene shows josh walking with billy and Susan.
Some people said there was an alternate scene that happend like that, but not right away, they said Josh and Billy walked to school together in that ending as you see...but when they arrive in class, they see a younger Susan waiting for hm..But thats a maybe
@@jaylenhioe2868 thats a shame, if they had such a part i would have loved to see it
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To be frank, most of the adults don't want to relive a childhood again. Everyone wishes that they had a better childhood but doing it again... no thanks.
I was 14 yrs old when this movie was out !!!!!!!! i really do miss the 80s and 90s and like i tell everyone , Unless you were there you just wont get it
I was born the year this movie came out, but not until towards until the end of the year in 1988. The 70’s, 80’s and 90’s had great movies not involving politics and all this lgbtq, dei and diversity nonsense like this decade.
Even though I felt really sad for her I’m glad she knew the truth and understood. But if I were Josh I still would have felt terrible. This is definitely a movie with the message of be careful what you wish for
This movie ending definitely leaves audiences feeling torn. Kids will at least get a good lesson about growing up too fast, while grown ups will probably learn something about getting emotionally invested only for everything to go wrong. If I were Josh (by the way my name actually is Josh) but anyway, I would have turned myself in to the police near the beginning, when they were questioning the parents about his disappearance. I would go with them to the station, get fingerprinted, prove I am the child gone missing. But if I did this, the way the movie will then play out is simple, the parents will be stuck with their son, in a grown up body, frantically scurrying the state, maybe the country, trying to find the machine to turn him back into a kid. Actually, it would make for some pretty slap-stick comedy, possibly the parents even re-discovering some childhood joys or something. Back to this original movie plot, what happens next is anyone's guess. The way I'd write it, I'd have Susan go ahead and make a wish to return to childhood, not before sharing the news with McMillan, then making arrangements. I'd have McMillan (revealed never to be a bachelor without a family) also make a wish to return to being a young man, so he'd adopt Susan as his daughter, and he'd secretly employ her and Josh (and some of their friends), eventually grooming them to succeed him in business (assuming he can't find the Zoltar to wish himself young again when he gets older). Back to Josh's perspective, he'd still be torn up when he goes back to school, a bit embarrassed to pursue Cynthia, but just when he works his courage to approach her, Susan re-enters his life as a child, and Josh gets torn up between the two. But eventually, he gets around to what to do with them.
The irony here is when Josh gets older the mom’s gonna see him and realize that the person she chased out of the house that was an adult was really him
Hadn't seen this in like 30 years. My brother and I used to watch it heaps. It hits different now. As a kid, I was excited for Josh at the possibily he got to experience some of the freedoms children desire. To me it was a little bittersweet but ultimately a happy ending. Now in my late 30s, this scene made me tear up a bit tbh. That beautiful woman has to accept the man she fell for wasn't what she thought and having to say goodbye to someone she genuinely loved in a sea of meaningless connections with corporate type robots. I felt for her and this scene got me like it hadn't when I was a kid. The final 20 mins were quite sad.
The beautiful autumn scenery combines the sad feelings of the two. The woman's emotions like a female director have concluded this movie with this stunning production. It was a wonderful climax that remains in everyone's heart. It’s a DVD that I sometimes watch in the fall of my favorite movie. It’s also a movie that I want children of age to watch.thanks from 🇯🇵🙇
All I thought about this last time I watched Big was if he stayed with Elizabeth he would have lost about 20 yrs of his life. He would have just shortened his own life and that would have been even sadder!
This movie changed my life. Tom hanks and Elizabeth taught me something special. When you’re a kid it’s fun . But when you’re older you realize you’ll always be a kid in your heart .
Such a perfect and Beautiful ending this film was made in a different time a better time and it shows I love this film and the film score here makes me ache for lost years and lost friends I was 12 when this film came out.
I'm ugly crying watching this scene. I remember playing Mario on my Gameboy while watching this but also being so invested. It's one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen and also my favorite. I don't care what anyone says, I prefer this over The Breakfast club by a landslide. Nothing will ever mean more to me than this movie.
@@traviskephart19 The ending is perfect he wishes to be big at the beginning of the film. Once he becomes an adult he realizes how fast things move he sees his friends in a car being young and Having Fun in their early teens at that point Josh realizes he would do anything he can to get back to being that age and experiencing growing in his own time. Not being an unhappy adult with alot of obligations and responsibilities and losing that Sense of Freedom and youthfulness he knows he's not ready for all that and succeeds at getting a second chance to be Young.
Audiences watching this fantastic movie all those years ago (including me) empathized with the kid who wanted to be big then realised his mistake and wanted to be a kid again, but audiences watching it today (including folk who saw it all those years ago) might be asking about the consequences of his wish and the people around him whom he hurt, including the adult woman who fell in love with someone she thought was a man with the heart of a boy. Being 13 is no longer a defence.
I'd be like...look...im turning 18 in 6 years, you're still going to be hot and more wealthy, I already know what to do to succeed in the toy industry, im coming in hot Michael J Fox Secret of My Success style, Ill work in the mailroom, I dont give a $hit and we're gonna be right back baby!! Rolls credits to a little Whitesnake Here I Go Again....Hollywood gold
What a bittersweet ending...they should have made a little timeskip with him knocking at her door as an adult. An age gap of 15 years is not that hopeless after all.
My parents always thought there was an alternate ending where Josh is back in school and a girl that looks like her sits next to him suggesting she used the machine. This ending is better but that would have been a fun alternative ending on the DVD extras.
Her character is willing to wait 10 years for Josh to become a 23 year old man to resume their relationship. The other men at the job are bad and not worth her time.
I just watched this movie for the very first time last night, and I am genuinely sad that Susan did not take Josh up on his offer to join him as a girl 😓
Would you really want to re-live your teenage years again. Might be interesting mind you, with everything you learned doing and all the mistakes first time round........
Made at a time thankfully when Hollywood would not try to routinely make it into a cash grab franchise. This should never get a sequel, or remake - it's a one of a kind film, and imitators afterward were never even close. Beautiful ending: speaks to us emotionally at all kinds of levels, and always will.
She now has to live with the fact that, yes, she slept with a 12-year-old, the same 12-year-old with whom she had the most fulfilling romantic relationship of her life, and who may have also damaged her career by abandoning an important meeting on a huge project. As if the quiet horror of her relationship weren't already enough, she actually watches as her boyfriend transforms into a child. Josh's experience pales in comparison, but just imagine the years of therapy ahead of him after peaking as a pre-teen.
I may be mis-remebering, or confusing this with another movie, but was there a later scene (or deleted) where there's a classroom and the teacher introduces a new student, Josh looks at the back of the class and it is a younger version of Elizabeth's character in class? Maybe is was from another movie? Help from anyone?
This scene…..
The genuine grief felt for Elizabeth Perkin’s character watching her love walk away for reason s she doesn’t understand
To watching magic and truth revealed in front of her very eyes
To seeing childhood innocence smile back at her
Washed away by a tidal wave of joy by a mother finding her lost child
I cannot think of a more powerful, genuine ending to a movie. All aided by an incredible score.
Did you copy this from a real review. LOL. ❤❤ nice
I think all she is thinking is "Jesus Christ, if anyone finds out then I am going to jail."
This scene is just mesmerizing! The kiss on his forehead is so touching. At that point she knew he was a kid and couldn't kiss him as a grown man would be kissed.
This is the comment. Truly moves me. I always remembered how much I loved this movie, but now revisiting it as an adult, I was fearful it was spreading the wrong message. I paused this video and had to look away in disgust, but when I read your comment, it reminded me of how truly beautiful the ending was again and I had the courage to rewatch the ending. Needless to say, I was in tears. I recall just why this particular ending moved me, because she truly loved Josh and wanted the best for him. And now Josh can live his life properly as a child as he should, and Susan is reminded of how meaningful life is again as an adult. It didn't try to force anything that shouldn't be. It simply accepted not all things work out, but that in itself is a blessing. There is no need to long for the future or the past. Where we are right now is exactly where we should be. Susan and Josh will always remember eachother because they made eachother happy, and love comes in so many different ways. Not just through a partner, but someone who changes your life and makes you a better person. Now that is love, and what makes you "big". Sorry to write so much, I'm just emotional.
She have a motherly feeling after knowing he is kids sometimes i feel that on my partner too@@animalfinatic9366
The damage is already done. She did him
I don't think so, she still believed he was married until she saw him changed.
@@leninfranco9328actually no, she only thought he was married because while trying to explain to her that he was 13. He said he wanted to go home. The implied scene happened before he told her he was only a kid
Even though it's a "sad" ending to a movie, it's also optimistic in a way. Suzanne for the first time in a long time is able to see life from a better perspective, she is hopeful and optimistic, and although she will never see him again and the impossible lovers part, Josh has given her back an intimate part of herself that she believed. if not dead at least forgotten. Growing up, Suzanne had become hardened and cynical due to the imperatives of life, but now she is able to face life more emotionally.
It also probably helps that she was able to be intimate with someone for the first time. It was real for her and not some fling. She was truly in love with him.
@erikbengt1074be fr, she didn’t know he was 13 because he never told her and she thought he was a grown man
@erikbengt1074 lmaoo you’re funny
Love is good, but too much of it can be dangerous
Suzanne also knows there is real magic in the world, and that shakes your world view to the core.
That kiss on the forehead was her recognising josh was a child in a adult form
Thanx, Captain Obvious.
Thanks Einstein.
Even though she should still feel dirty for taking advantage of a minor in an adult body.
She still fked him tho😂
Thanks Sherlock
I like to belive at some point later in life they found each other and fell in love again.
she be a grandma by then. I believe shes in her late 30s while he under 10
@@willt3223 He was 12 whilst she was most likely in her late 20's.
Unlikely. That'd be grooming. She got off easy not knowing his age. Pushing it further just becomes pedophilic.
I honestly don’t think it happened like that. I’m sure once Josh grew up and became an adult on his own without that Zoltar machine, I think him and Susan stayed as friends and they both dated someone their age.
@@karlmartin849 to be exact, the novelisation of Big confirms Josh as 13 and Susan as 28. So yeah 15 years age difference isn’t too bad :)
movies like this just dont exist these days
I agree
I agree 100%
@@ericjohn9613 Yep, all true.
Totally agree
No they don't. And it's sad. I'm sure there are still creators with talent like this Still around but because of the agenda Hollywood now forces on everything, you won't see much of it if any
"Josh, I gotta ask...why did you marry a woman about 15 years older than you the moment you turned 18?"
That is what probably happened in the future
Because I found true love? 😂
“Because it’s legal now”
She groomed me. She's basically the female Phillip Schofield.
@@anthonyaman1488 well known how much a spastic you are from your screen name alone.
I’m glad that she ended up happy for him when he became a kid again. I hope they kept in contact. Too bad they didn’t have Facebook back then
He’s 12, they just have to wait 6 years
@@amysmileyreid95 He’s 13. 5 years
They're happy because they don't have facebook
Penny Marshall the film maker said in an itw that in the initial script they meet each other again like 10 years later and he fucked her right in the ass after a party.
For all we know maybe he went to visit her when he turned 18 or 19 or 20. Maybe it was a happy ending down the line :)
Omg that look that he gave her after he turned back! "I gotta go, I love you but I have to go." Such an adult expression but from a child. Brilliant actor ❤
100 percent I love this film….❤
I like the fact that’s she’s not in utter disbelief in this scene. I get the sense she truly believe him.
This makes me miss being a child again. You dont know how good u have it . Until its gone
So damn true.
I think you're missing the point of the movie, no offense. We shouldn't live in the past or long for the future. We should appreciate what we have right now.
Wow! That’s deep.
Not for everyone. I'm glad you had a happy time. You must have had good parents.
You could not pay me enough to return to that hell.
@@NanciBK Somehow I doubt that. I'm pretty sure that if someone agreed to make you a billionaire if you would relive ages 13 to 18, you wouldn't refuse.
When he turns into a kid again ,I love how we get what he is saying without him saying a word. Also his mum's joy that he is home is wonderful.
Absolutely! He sure was a cute kid in those big clothes--lol
As an 11 year old kid, this ending felt sappy and lovey dovey, which I didn't like. Now, as a 45 year old adult, you realize that Josh got to live the dream all adults have at some point, which is to be able to be a kid again, even if only for a little while. Such a wonderful movie that, sadly, Hollywood has no interest in doing anymore.
I, too, was 11 years old in 1988.
I like the way it's ends with two friends just walking down the street having a normal conversation.
Me too.. I miss being a kid and especially around 12 and 13 so much.
@@garrybrown2627Well yes and no, some parts are pretty rough though, I mean going through puberty and all the changes that happen at that age, i remember it was confusing for me, identifying who i was and why it was happening and everything.
True.. I didn't quite feel that way until like 14/15 personally.. I was still just being a kid at 12/13.. just got that nostalgia.. movies like Big, The Sandlot and Stand By Me and those first couple seasons of Stranger Things just make me miss being around that age and enjoying being a kid while I still can,having fun with my friends.
@@garrybrown2627 Oh definitely, I know what you mean, that feeling of being a kid, the innocence of it, no worries, except going to school, coming home and playing outside with the neighborhood kids, riding your bike , playing video games, ohhh what a life, and its funny, at the time, I know the mindset of how I was thinking, I thought it would never end, I took it day by day and never looked far into the future, until one day I finally realized it was gone forever, sad, but hey that's life I guess.
Normal conversation? Are you deranged? She abused his body. try going back to middle school and sitting in class, knowing what she did to him. How does he relate to his friends to girls to his teachers who are the same age as her she should be in prison.
One of the sweetest movies ever made.
I think about this movie often. It makes me grateful for the childhood that I had. It also made me savor the childhoods of my three children.
At that moment, Josh had to make the hardest decision he had ever made, despite he had everything he wanted as an adult - a job, apartment & girl of his dreams but deep down he knows he miss his family & his family misses him dearly. It was nice of Susan drove him home & watched him become a kid again so he can reunite with his family 👪, I know Josh will never forget Susan, you don't forget your first love. This was, still is a happy but sad bittersweet ending. I love this movie a lot, real classic.
That's why I like this movie. Susan was Josh's "first love", but Susan was already an experienced adult. She took him back home where he belongs. Love at it's core isn't about romance, it's about wanting the best for that person and to be happy. Now that is love.
@@animalfinatic9366
True, love is also about caring & responsibility
I totally agree. They might still be in contact since she does know where he lives. It’s also heartwarming when he sees his Mom again and how happy she is, when he comes home. Since you really can’t help but feel sorry for her for the entire movie. Since from her perspective it seems like her son was kidnapped or ran away. I love Big as well, it’s one of my favorite and comfort movies.
my God she is beautiful
Certain movies absolutely nail segments when syncing of music and cinematography, 2:07 is one of those moments. Crazy goosebumps.
Cried my eyes out. One of the saddest endings to a movie I've ever seen.
Susan declined Josh's offer to become young again for a reason. For those of you saying Susan would wait for Josh, I wholeheartedly disagree. Susan truly loved Josh, and that means wanting the best for him as a person. That is what makes the ending so touching, she understands he is just a child, as should behave like one. This movie teaches us we shouldn't wait to become big, but we shouldn't long to become small either. Where we are right now is exactly where we need to be. We don't always get what we want, but sooner or later, you'll realize, that is a blessing in disguise. Yes, Josh and Susan will never forget eachother, but that is because they both loved eachother and made eachother happy, but not all love is romantic, at the end of the day, love is love, and that is why Josh must reunite with his childself and his family, and live his life and Susan lives hers. The movie ended perfectly.
What I love about this movie is that it's different from the rest. It doesn't try and tell you to appreciate your childhood because adulthood will be dark. It simply just tells you to appreciate where you are right now, that life is a journey and every step of it counts. We can spend so much time wishing to rewind the past or fast forward to the future we forget all that we have right in front of us. It truly is so beautiful in every way.
Well said
If you didn't shed a tear you crazy the moral of this movie is too enjoy your childhood. Life is but a dream.
I love this scene so much. At first, Susan is heartbroken the man she loves turns out to just be a child, but once she realizes this, she becomes happy for him. You can truly see the endearment in her eyes. That's makes this scene so tender, that even if Jason and Susan cannot be lovers, they both still changed eachother's lives and will remember eachother. That's what true love is, to want nothing more than the best for someone and for them to be happy. Her warm smile gives it all away. Oh how I love this movie so much. It teaches us we shouldn't wish to fast forward to the future or rewind back to the past either. We should simply appreciate where we are right now. From heartbroken to hopeful. What a beautiful and perfect ending.
I still choke up watching this scene. The emotion and music composing, but also the scenery. This is home to me, and I haven't been back in almost my entire adult life. They filmed this on scene in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
Definitely the best of the numerous "life swap" movies that popped up in the 80s, and this final scene is utterly hearbreaking. So little dialogue, but the whole story is etched on their faces right to the very end. Brilliantly done.
The music score is perfect too
Watching this film around that time compared to now is such a different experience.
80's-90's as a kid: Great movie. The exciting idea of growing up fast, get to work at a toy company, the piano, ignore the boring grown up bits.
Now just turned 40: Enjoying the movie but feeling so sad for Susan who's basically left behind. Understanding how powerful and incredible that ending is.
Remarkable.
Exatamente como eu. Agora com 43 anos acabei de ver este filme e a personagem que mais admiro é a Susan, por toda a evolução que tem. Mete pena que ela termine assim, mas o largo sorriso no final dá esperança para o futuro
I think what I like about big is that, when you go in, you expect to watch a film which screams to you ‘being a child was good, being an adult is bad’ and all that, but you end up realising that that’s not true at all. Instead it’s a film trying to show how depressing the adult world can be, yet with a little child like wonder, you can make yourself come across a lot more likeable. I think Elizabeth Perkins character is the most underrated, someone who mainly deals with business and is presented that she doesn’t get close with men very often, but then Josh arrives and it changes her. Near the start she wears all black and usually business like uniform, yet when she ends up being with Josh she wears much more chill clothing. Her character is superb and shows the expectation that comes with being an adult. Josh brings the best out of her. Overall, I’m happy in the end that she could move on and was willing to help Josh. Even though he was the main character, her character shows the most change throughout. I love this film 😅
Great insight!
I always wondered what Josh told the police when he got home. I mean they’re surely ask him where he was , who he was with? Why he was taken ? He’d never be able to tell the truth because no one would believe him.
I'm surprised the police didn't trace the phone call he made to his mom.
Today they whole thing would have been caught on everyone's Ring cameras, and Susan would be arrested.
Alternate ending: Susan doesn’t decline josh’s offer to become younger again and makes the same wish as him. After she drives him home, they both step out of the car and in the next scene, josh becomes a kid again. He turns to see Susan, who is now a eleven-year old girl. Josh then reunites with his mother. The last scene shows josh walking with billy and Susan.
It'd be fun in a way, but not as poignant as the film.
I have to side with Susan I guess - it was hard enough the first time.
Some people said there was an alternate scene that happend like that, but not right away, they said Josh and Billy walked to school together in that ending as you see...but when they arrive in class, they see a younger Susan waiting for hm..But thats a maybe
@@gastonpalavicino8827 that ending is gone completely
@@jaylenhioe2868 thats a shame, if they had such a part i would have loved to see it
To be frank, most of the adults don't want to relive a childhood again. Everyone wishes that they had a better childhood but doing it again... no thanks.
Seeing Tom Hanks so young, knowing he's 68 now, makes me realise how fleeting youth is. You blink and you're an old man.
I just cant avoid my tears..
Still gets me after all these years.
when i die, i wanna be a kid like that.. and wanna see my mom again.
I'm all teary eyed.
I was 14 yrs old when this movie was out !!!!!!!! i really do miss the 80s and 90s and like i tell everyone , Unless you were there you just wont get it
I am the exact same age. Nostalgia is a motherfucker lately!!
I was born the year this movie came out, but not until towards until the end of the year in 1988. The 70’s, 80’s and 90’s had great movies not involving politics and all this lgbtq, dei and diversity nonsense like this decade.
@@RT88414 yeah we were born in the best times ever
@@STATION26ADDISON I agree.
Even though I felt really sad for her I’m glad she knew the truth and understood. But if I were Josh I still would have felt terrible. This is definitely a movie with the message of be careful what you wish for
This movie ending definitely leaves audiences feeling torn. Kids will at least get a good lesson about growing up too fast, while grown ups will probably learn something about getting emotionally invested only for everything to go wrong.
If I were Josh (by the way my name actually is Josh) but anyway, I would have turned myself in to the police near the beginning, when they were questioning the parents about his disappearance. I would go with them to the station, get fingerprinted, prove I am the child gone missing.
But if I did this, the way the movie will then play out is simple, the parents will be stuck with their son, in a grown up body, frantically scurrying the state, maybe the country, trying to find the machine to turn him back into a kid. Actually, it would make for some pretty slap-stick comedy, possibly the parents even re-discovering some childhood joys or something.
Back to this original movie plot, what happens next is anyone's guess. The way I'd write it, I'd have Susan go ahead and make a wish to return to childhood, not before sharing the news with McMillan, then making arrangements. I'd have McMillan (revealed never to be a bachelor without a family) also make a wish to return to being a young man, so he'd adopt Susan as his daughter, and he'd secretly employ her and Josh (and some of their friends), eventually grooming them to succeed him in business (assuming he can't find the Zoltar to wish himself young again when he gets older).
Back to Josh's perspective, he'd still be torn up when he goes back to school, a bit embarrassed to pursue Cynthia, but just when he works his courage to approach her, Susan re-enters his life as a child, and Josh gets torn up between the two. But eventually, he gets around to what to do with them.
Perfectly bittersweet ending. There’s real movie magic at work here that does not exist anymore.
Sad but true
This always makes my eyes water. Best Tom Hanks movie.
The irony here is when Josh gets older the mom’s gonna see him and realize that the person she chased out of the house that was an adult was really him
Yeah I don’t know. I thought the same thing with Back to the Future
I’d imagine she would
The musical score…tremendous. Makes it all work.
Hadn't seen this in like 30 years. My brother and I used to watch it heaps. It hits different now. As a kid, I was excited for Josh at the possibily he got to experience some of the freedoms children desire. To me it was a little bittersweet but ultimately a happy ending.
Now in my late 30s, this scene made me tear up a bit tbh. That beautiful woman has to accept the man she fell for wasn't what she thought and having to say goodbye to someone she genuinely loved in a sea of meaningless connections with corporate type robots. I felt for her and this scene got me like it hadn't when I was a kid. The final 20 mins were quite sad.
Ive only just watched this for the first time. Still crying half an hour later
Beautiful music by Howard Shore.
Great ending creates sad and happy emotions
The beautiful autumn scenery combines the sad feelings of the two. The woman's emotions like a female director have concluded this movie with this stunning production. It was a wonderful climax that remains in everyone's heart. It’s a DVD that I sometimes watch in the fall of my favorite movie. It’s also a movie that I want children of age to watch.thanks from 🇯🇵🙇
She got tge very rare chance to be a kid again through a movie miracle. Such a dope movie and the best ending I haven't seen in a long time.
All I thought about this last time I watched Big was if he stayed with Elizabeth he would have lost about 20 yrs of his life. He would have just shortened his own life and that would have been even sadder!
That street always looked and reminded me of my block I grew up on
The music makes it even better, it’s perfect
Dude this guy was a kid for like a week and was successful than most 30s years old today 😊😂
It was more like a month or two lol.
R.I.P. Penny Marshall. 🙏
Watched it again yesterday with my kiddos and this ending made me shed a tear ❤😢
I love this movie 😆 it is really 😢sad ending
The oh mom i miss you all so much always gets me.
This movie changed my life. Tom hanks and Elizabeth taught me something special. When you’re a kid it’s fun . But when you’re older you realize you’ll always be a kid in your heart .
Such a perfect and Beautiful ending this film was made in a different time a better time and it shows I love this film and the film score here makes me ache for lost years and lost friends I was 12 when this film came out.
I'm ugly crying watching this scene. I remember playing Mario on my Gameboy while watching this but also being so invested. It's one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen and also my favorite. I don't care what anyone says, I prefer this over The Breakfast club by a landslide. Nothing will ever mean more to me than this movie.
That had to be a hell of a drive home
This film finishes later in the credits she goes to his school and class as a young girl it’s always cut out when shown on Tv .
Scenes always given me the chills, feels and tears 😂🫣 Big is a timeless masterpiece
i grew up with back to the future then Big... what a time.. ;;
She was his true mother, when he didn't have one there for him, that is.
I have always liked the fact they showed Elizabeth's car driving away...
I don’t like the movie but a happy ending. When Josh Baskin was a kid again, I’m sure he learned a lesson about being big.
Yea he made her a pedophile.....
The lesson is Don't Grow Up too fast Because once You Do you can't turn Back the time . Enjoy Being Young and Free with no worries on your shoulders .
I think the movies good actually and it’s the ending that’s weird to me
@@traviskephart19 The ending is perfect he wishes to be big at the beginning of the film. Once he becomes an adult he realizes how fast things move he sees his friends in a car being young and Having Fun in their early teens at that point Josh realizes he would do anything he can to get back to being that age and experiencing growing in his own time. Not being an unhappy adult with alot of obligations and responsibilities and losing that Sense of Freedom and youthfulness he knows he's not ready for all that and succeeds at getting a second chance to be Young.
2:11 She must’ve realized that she technically committed pedophilia that night 😱
Audiences watching this fantastic movie all those years ago (including me) empathized with the kid who wanted to be big then realised his mistake and wanted to be a kid again, but audiences watching it today (including folk who saw it all those years ago) might be asking about the consequences of his wish and the people around him whom he hurt, including the adult woman who fell in love with someone she thought was a man with the heart of a boy. Being 13 is no longer a defence.
This movie always gets me going 😢
Everytime I see this scene it makes me cry !!
So happy for him ❤
This is so special ❤😢
Dude was able to get a job where he could afford a nice apartment with all kinds of expensive video games and nice suits.
Definitely 80s.
No background check or ID either.
The magic of Hollywood.
In NYC
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
Awww heart warming ending.
I'd be like...look...im turning 18 in 6 years, you're still going to be hot and more wealthy, I already know what to do to succeed in the toy industry, im coming in hot Michael J Fox Secret of My Success style, Ill work in the mailroom, I dont give a $hit and we're gonna be right back baby!! Rolls credits to a little Whitesnake Here I Go Again....Hollywood gold
What a bittersweet ending...they should have made a little timeskip with him knocking at her door as an adult. An age gap of 15 years is not that hopeless after all.
My parents always thought there was an alternate ending where Josh is back in school and a girl that looks like her sits next to him suggesting she used the machine. This ending is better but that would have been a fun alternative ending on the DVD extras.
the music of this movie brings tears to me each time... Cocoon does same with its emotional music
Her character is willing to wait 10 years for Josh to become a 23 year old man to resume their relationship. The other men at the job are bad and not worth her time.
John Heards character was so bad, he quit his job and returned to Chicago to be his family and go to Paris every year on Christmas.
I just watched this movie for the very first time last night, and I am genuinely sad that Susan did not take Josh up on his offer to join him as a girl 😓
Would you really want to re-live your teenage years again.
Might be interesting mind you, with everything you learned doing and all the mistakes first time round........
Tom Hanks character is probably gonna regret turning back to a kid when he's older lol.
imagine what those houses would be worth in 2023
$5 million after 35 years.
Made at a time thankfully when Hollywood would not try to routinely make it into a cash grab franchise. This should never get a sequel, or remake - it's a one of a kind film, and imitators afterward were never even close.
Beautiful ending: speaks to us emotionally at all kinds of levels, and always will.
I think 14 going on 30 was good too. Just from a girl's perspective instead lol.
i was always in love with the idea od this movie
I don't know why I'm crying 😢😢😢
That was a great movie.
Tom hank never disappoints me at all
Until … Pinocchio
@@jerryperry1788 Uh oh Pinocchio.
Wait until you find out he’s a huge p&edo
I often wonder how much time passed between getting big and going back to a kid again
cry everytime
Am I the only one to remember an other ending and not finding it ?
I thought i was going crazy😭
Least im not the only one
Agradezco tanto el haber tenido películas como esta en mi infancia ♥
This scene is just so sad and beautiful
Susan: "Wait....so does this mean I had literally slept with a kid? 😳"
*FBI surrounds her car guns pointed*
"Officer, no. You dont understand. He wasn't thirteen. He was physically an adult because of a wish he made on a wishing booth."
Don't worry guys a Hindi remake came where she became a child for her boyfriend and they get married when they grow up
0:50 To Josh: Please, don’t.
This is true love.
Unfortunately today's America is dying America
Watching this makes me wish I were small again. Lol.
She now has to live with the fact that, yes, she slept with a 12-year-old, the same 12-year-old with whom she had the most fulfilling romantic relationship of her life, and who may have also damaged her career by abandoning an important meeting on a huge project. As if the quiet horror of her relationship weren't already enough, she actually watches as her boyfriend transforms into a child. Josh's experience pales in comparison, but just imagine the years of therapy ahead of him after peaking as a pre-teen.
I want them to meet again in 7 years later
BEST ending ever😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I may be mis-remebering, or confusing this with another movie, but was there a later scene (or deleted) where there's a classroom and the teacher introduces a new student, Josh looks at the back of the class and it is a younger version of Elizabeth's character in class? Maybe is was from another movie? Help from anyone?