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Director:

  Penny Marshall
  

Year Released:

  1988

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Tom Hanks
  Robert Loggia
  Elizabeth Perkins
  Mercedes Ruehl
  Jared Rushton
Movie Haiku:Hanks is totally believable as an awkward & gangly 13 year old magically transported into an adult body. Initially, his innocence enables him to quickly rise to the top in a toy company -- & to score with its marketing director (Perkins). But as he comes to understand adult life, it loses its appeal to him.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2001