Overview

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

Cast

Tom Hanks

Josh Baskin

Elizabeth Perkins

Susan

Robert Loggia

MacMillan

John Heard

Paul

Jared Rushton

Billy

David Moscow

Young Josh

Jon Lovitz

Scotty Brennen

Mercedes Ruehl

Mrs. Baskin

Josh Clark

Mr. Baskin

N/A

Kimberlee M. Davis

Cynthia Benson

N/A

Oliver Block

Freddie Benson

N/A

Erika Katz

Cynthia's Friend