Some films are so ingrained into who I am as a person that they are hard to look at objectively. Such is the case with Big, about a boy who makes a wish on a fortune-teller machine that comes true, and must suddenly contend with the trials and tribulations being an adult, without any of the experience or tools. Of course, it's a fantasy film, so anything is possible, and he ends up falling backwards into a dream job as a toy tester, while attracting a beautiful young executive with his boyish charms. It's just naïve enough to sidestep any grandstanding moral issues (not that I care about such things anyway) and leaves you longing for those innocent days, before life got too complicated.
5 walking pianos out of 5
