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.
I think they could have accomplished this same sentiment without having them sleep together. Besides the obvious age gap (of which she was unaware) No one else seems to think 13.5 is way too young to be losing your virginity??? I think they could have been emotionally intimate and the deep parts of her that needed to be revived could have happened. It would have opened her heart up again in the best ways and still had this emotional pull at the end. The physical part went too far
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
@@mobus1603 In the original version, there was an additional scene at the end, in which Josh is back at school and a new girl named Susan arrives. The implication is that Susan went back to the carnival machine to make herself Josh's age. Due to negative audience feedback, the scene was cut from the movie.
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
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.
The aging of the baby boomers has made me very sad. As a Gen Xer, the boomers were always leading the way, and in charge of almost everything. And now to see them all retiring and some even dying. It’s really a weird transition for me.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
Well Big ripped off the Italian movie Da Grande. So technically Hollywood didn’t even have the interest in creating a movie like this even back then lol. It was Italy
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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
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.
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
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 🇯🇵🙇
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.
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.
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!
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.
I remember watching this when I was a kid and thinking, by the end, I was going out to play, thinking of playing after school. Now I'm 39 older than Tom Hanks when he played this. I think it was like a dream.
The kid who played his best friend was in a movie I remembered where he gets stranded in the wilderness and had to survive, now he was really talented and did very good in that movie
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
I think they could have accomplished this same sentiment without having them sleep together. Besides the obvious age gap (of which she was unaware) No one else seems to think 13.5 is way too young to be losing your virginity???
I think they could have been emotionally intimate and the deep parts of her that needed to be revived could have happened. It would have opened her heart up again in the best ways and still had this emotional pull at the end. The physical part went too far
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
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
@@mobus1603 In the original version, there was an additional scene at the end, in which Josh is back at school and a new girl named Susan arrives. The implication is that Susan went back to the carnival machine to make herself Josh's age. Due to negative audience feedback, the scene was cut from the movie.
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
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.
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.
wow so true you blink life is over sad be kind to everyone because one day you will see them in heaven you hope
@@vincentyanni6252lol Heaven is only for the wealthy like Trump. Not us poor schmucks.
The aging of the baby boomers has made me very sad. As a Gen Xer, the boomers were always leading the way, and in charge of almost everything. And now to see them all retiring and some even dying. It’s really a weird transition for me.
"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 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.
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 :)
One of the sweetest movies ever made.
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
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….❤
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.
I like the fact that’s she’s not in utter disbelief in this scene. I get the sense she truly believe him.
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.
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.
my God she is beautiful
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.
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.
Well Big ripped off the Italian movie Da Grande. So technically Hollywood didn’t even have the interest in creating a movie like this even back then lol. It was Italy
According to novadays sequels and remakes (New Producers almost destroyed me) it is good idea to keep this masterpiece untouched.
@@lecombustor3571I’m not too afraid of harming this “masterpiece” 😂
@johnwilburn ohh.. If they made Producers awful - just imagine what can they do by sequeling Big.
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
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
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.
The fading sunlight, the atmosphere, the feeling...so perfect.
If you didn't shed a tear you crazy the moral of this movie is too enjoy your childhood. Life is but a dream.
It's Adam and Eve's nightmare that will end soon.
I just cant avoid my tears..
Still gets me after all these years.
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.
Cried my eyes out. One of the saddest endings to a movie I've ever seen.
Certain movies absolutely nail segments when syncing of music and cinematography, 2:07 is one of those moments. Crazy goosebumps.
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.
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!
This always makes my eyes water. Best Tom Hanks movie.
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.
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
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.
The musical score…tremendous. Makes it all work.
Beautiful music by Howard Shore.
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
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
Great ending creates sad and happy emotions
One of the movies that make you wish you can be a kid again. My elders use to say don’t grow up to fast cherish your youth.
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.
Can I go t bed and wake up as a kid again? I want to relive all those precious childhood moments! I will hang out with my dad more may he R.I.P!
The music makes it even better, it’s perfect
Love the piano here. And the piano scene as well.
I like how the camera turns away during the transformation as a way of teasing the audience (and avoiding the need of any special effects).
R.I.P. Penny Marshall. 🙏
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 🇯🇵🙇
I'm all teary eyed.
when i die, i wanna be a kid like that.. and wanna see my mom again.
The oh mom i miss you all so much always gets me.
Ive only just watched this for the first time. Still crying half an hour later
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.
That street always looked and reminded me of my block I grew up on
Such a touchy ending, That brings out an array of emotions. Man they don’t make movies like this anymore.
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.
Imagine how different things would have turned out if he had become a short bald adult instead of a tall handsome adult.
Whn he smiles back gets me all the time..❤❤
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.
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!
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.
Watched it again yesterday with my kiddos and this ending made me shed a tear ❤😢
I love this movie 😆 it is really 😢sad ending
I remember watching this when I was a kid and thinking, by the end, I was going out to play, thinking of playing after school. Now I'm 39 older than Tom Hanks when he played this. I think it was like a dream.
The kid who played his best friend was in a movie I remembered where he gets stranded in the wilderness and had to survive, now he was really talented and did very good in that movie
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 grew up with back to the future then Big... what a time.. ;;
This is so special ❤😢
This movie always gets me going 😢
So remember kids, NEVER rush your way into growing up. Enjoy being a kid while you can.
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 .
Today they whole thing would have been caught on everyone's Ring cameras, and Susan would be arrested.
No because she's wealthy and white.
2:06 David Moscow and Elizabeth Perkins are brilliant in this scene. My favorite moment in the whole movie!
Uno de los mensajes más hermosos de la historia del cine!! ❤😂 Cada momento de la vida es unico e irrepetible. No nos lo podemos saltar!!
Scenes always given me the chills, feels and tears 😂🫣 Big is a timeless masterpiece
Great final , One of the movies that marked me for life.
That had to be a hell of a drive home
Simplesmente inesquecível 😢👍👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷
cry everytime
Elizabeth Perkins ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
Awww heart warming ending.
The background score makes it more moving
She was his true mother, when he didn't have one there for him, that is.
That was a great movie.
Everytime I see this scene it makes me cry !!
So happy for him ❤
I have always liked the fact they showed Elizabeth's car driving away...
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.
Imagine how different things would have turned out if he had become a short bald adult instead of a tall handsome adult.
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.
i was always in love with the idea od this movie
What a lovely lady Elizabeth Perkins was just a beauty 👍😊
I often wonder how much time passed between getting big and going back to a kid again
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.
the music of this movie brings tears to me each time... Cocoon does same with its emotional music
"Officer, no. You dont understand. He wasn't thirteen. He was physically an adult because of a wish he made on a wishing booth."
Beautiful movie 🥹 wonderful memory 🥲🥹👋🇦🇷
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
Tom Hanks character is probably gonna regret turning back to a kid when he's older lol.
Great movie
Thats why this movie to me has always meant. Be a kid have fun. Do things! Dont take life seriously. Im 56 now.