Watching Big (1988) for the First Time Ever!// Reaction & Commentary // I want to Marry Tom Hanks

[@ejtappan1802]

There are so many actors that would have played this for the laughs and ruined it. But Tom Hanks manages to play it pure and he captures the heart and soul of his character. Such a brilliant performance.

[@KenFromBeara]

Robert De Niro was offered the role but wanted more money. Harrison Ford was considered. Glad Tom Hanks got the part. He pulls the part off well

[@zmarko]

"Way back in the 2010's when I was in High School." Fuck, I'm old. Lol

[@ajclements4627]

I’m right there with ya lol, class of 88 here. I’d give a kidney to be “way back” in the 2010s lol

[@markmac2206]

yeah i was 7 when this movie came out, i know how you feel.

[@mcassidy1976]

Hahaha...... Come on man 80’s old, we are just experienced

[@erikawilliams9558]

Class of 99 and still feel old

[@derick_d5344]

Class of 2015 and im already 24 time is flying

[@martinbraun1211]

Great 80's Tom Hanks movies You should watch : - Splash (1984) - The Money Pit (1986) - Dragnet (1987) - The 'Burbs (1989) - Turner & Hooch (1989)

[@shelbyw1765]

Money Pit is my favourite movie!!!

[@jonathansmith8672]

Turner and Hooch is probably the BEST to react to!!! 🤗🤗🤗😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤☺

[@renebethke7132]

Volunteers! Good movie

[@brom00]

Heck, I'm old enough to remember him in his TV series, "Bosom Buddies". What an odd world it would be if he just stayed on the tube and did feel like doing films.

[@Nightroadtube]

Yes please Burbs. Not enough appreciation for it.

[@eddiecollison]

"Way back in the 2010s." Yer killin me, born in '67 here. I enjoyed your BTTF reactions and love your empathetic heart. Looking forward to this one.

[@dustyb58]

Thank you for making this 40 year old feel a bit younger lol

[@DR-mq1vn]

Hello Fellow Generation X person! I was born in 68!

[@ShanelleRiccio]

ha thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed my BTTF stuff! that was so fun!

[@DivisionJay]

Turning 40 tomorrow and hearing you were in high school in the 2010's made me feel old as f*%k!

[@dustyb58]

@@DivisionJay happy birthday Jason

[@pdbordelon]

That shimmy shimmy song Tom hanks recited the whole thing word for word in an interview a year or so ago...he never forgot it!

[@DWQJVB]

His voice was probably photoshopped

[@billykokkinidis]

Please watch “a league of their own” also directed by Penny Marshall and Stars Tom Hanks and Geena Davis☺️

[@HellfishX88]

There's no crying in baseball!!!

[@erikawilliams9558]

We're gonna win!

[@danh8804]

On the Mt. Rushmore of baseball movies

[@HaveL0veWillTravel]

YES A MUST SEE!!!!!!!

[@darylnelms1654]

@@erikawilliams9558 you’re gonna lose.

[@pietergreveling]

John Hughes - Weird Science (1985)! 🤞🏻

[@Nathan7510]

Yes please great movie and along with sixteen candles and breakfast club

[@danielg6566]

OMG yes! All great movies!

[@robbiehooley3639]

Weird Science is a great suggestion!

[@Klayhamn]

great idea

[@francisalbert1799]

Josh was able to see what being a grown up was all about and now is able to go back to appreciate and cherish his childhood.

[@henninggirl261]

The writers of this wrote “Splash”, which was Tom Hanks’ first leading role and is a modern fairytale

[@WastedPo]

I think you might be thinking of a different Hanks movie. Splash was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel - a team that did a bunch of famous movies, including Hanks' "A League of Their Own." (Maybe that's what you were thinking of.) "Big" was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg (who I think might actually be Steven Spielberg's sister).

[@sspdirect02]

@@WastedPo Yes! That is Steven Spielberg’s sister.

[@AnthonyLaMastra]

You should definitely watch Splash!

[@jayw6203]

John Candy is in Splash.

[@henninggirl261]

@@WastedPo you’re right, I was mixing this up with League of Their Own

[@johngammon7891]

"Sleepless in Seattle" followed by "You've Got Mail" R.I.P. Penny Marshall

[@eeduranti]

They're basically the same movie.

[@sexysadie2901]

@@eeduranti Not at all.

[@BlackLionGriotMedia]

@@sexysadie2901 Do you think the fact it's the same actors make some people feel that way?

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

They're not the same. Sleepless was a good movie, You've Got Mail was just a shitty soulless commercial for AOL

[@FireflyPDP]

I'd be really interested to see your reaction/thoughts to "The Sting" (1973). It won a number of Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Writing, Art Direction, etc, yet it's never reacted to. The acting is superb (Robert Redford was nominated for an Oscar), and it's one of the best heist movies you'll ever see. One of my favorite films of all time

[@yutubetom]

Totally agree!

[@ellenmarch3095]

Agree

[@markreed392]

A wonderful period con movie. Great writing, wonderful cast and fantastic music.

[@IacopoNavariVideo]

I've almost forgot that Jared Rushton (who plays Josh's friend Billy) was in this movie! He was in Honey, I Shrunk The Kids who came out one year later in 1989! You should absolutley react to Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, if you never seen it, of course! :) Also, pretty funny the he was in a movie called Big, and the year later in a movie where he was literally shrank!

[@iChristyD]

I had such a crush on little Russ (the teen guy) from Honey I Shrunk the Kids!! His name is Thomas Wilson Brown, he’s still kinda hot now, I follow him on Instagram lol. He was even cuter in that movie he did with Winona Ryder called Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael.

[@RyanSmith-yu5ln]

Ferris Bueller is definitely a must watch. And Weird Science, etc. Hughes had a ridiculously awesome string of movies. He even wrote and produced Dutch, which I believe is actually a pretty good film.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Yeah, Dutch is good! Took me a while to finally see it but glad I did.

[@Dillpicks95]

The piano scene is definitely iconic one of my favourite parts of this movie.

[@fredskull1618]

Ok, story time (I’m being vulnerable right now 😂): I’ve loved this movie since I was a kid (I was 6 when it came out). As I’d watch it in my early years, I was always basking (ha! no pun intended) in the wonder of Josh’s adventure as an adult. Fast forward some years, I hadn’t watched this in a long while, so I decide to throw it in the DVD player on my 30th birthday. I laughed in all the right places and I cried in a lot more places. Somehow, I missed that this entire film is a metaphor for how a young man feels when he has to leave home and strike out on his own for the first time. The beginning and end of the film is the fantasy, everything in between is 100% real for me in the sense that my adult life paralleled many of Josh’s experiences. The freaking out of living on your own in the city for the first time, the subtly juvenile relationships you have with coworkers, the fear of your first adult relationship, having to rely on yourself more than your friends or family. All too real.

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

wow never thought about it like that. makes perfect sense.

[@Psilocybin77]

This movie did such an amazing job at representing what it was like to be a 12 or 13 year old. The friendship in this movie is so true to what I had at that age. Such a special film. Also, yes I do drive.

[@jonathansmith8672]

Exactly!!! Going down memory lane to a time when you were 12 going on 13. And then 30 years later, it still gets to you. You just want to become a kid again because you miss the house you grew up in and the family you used to grow up with everyday. ❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@david.j9.rabbithole808]

The scene of him switching back to a kid gets me every time.

[@LA_HA]

Yes, it's so bittersweet.

[@RltchieI]

When you said “crossed the line” I initially assumed it was because an underaged boy was sleeping with an adult woman which isn’t exactly legal. And upon learning he is a boy of 12 she showed no horror at what that technically made her.

[@CERULEANSPIRAL]

+1, probably because that's what I thought. Creepy AF.

[@chuckh4077]

It wasn't creepy. He was an adult when he did the deed with her.

[@CERULEANSPIRAL]

The body doesn’t matter, he had the mind of a child. This is why statutory rape laws exist.

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

I hyphen people psychoanlyze movies. Just take it for what it is. It's not real life. Movie characters are flawed too.

[@jd-zr3vk]

There is no way she can be prosecuted. The guy who did her was 30 something.

[@botwitaprice]

"Do you think she really believes him?" She began to believe when at the meeting one man asked "what 13 year-old would pay $17 for this product?" As he said this, she realized a man of 13 would.

[@linkfromhyrule5504]

I was at a vocational school when I first saw this movie in 1989. It was close to Christmas time and the vocational instructors didn't feel like doing any classes, so they rented "Big" and had a movie day with food and soft drinks. I always liked this movie.

[@dcmitchell8008]

I saw it in the theater with my Dad. I was 9 years old, and my biggest memories of it were how much my Dad was laughing at everything. I wasn't quite old enough to get all the adult humor, but I remember him laughing and of course I would laugh as well (whether I knew why or not).

[@GF_Baltar]

The late Robert Loggia's contribution to this film was enormous (even "big", dare I say); I don't think he got nearly the credit he deserved for his performance. Truly one of the great character actors of all time.

[@-M0LE]

Was he in ELF too

[@MegaForrestgump]

All I can hear when anyone mentions Robert Loggia is the Family Guy bit.

[@CrocodilePile]

Your high school used to show you the most famous movie ever made about skipping high school? Did they consider it instructional?

[@MysterClark]

Maybe to show that they know all of the tricks... :P

[@nikk8647]

Mine did too! Although I'm went to high school in NY too, so maybe it was just us.

[@JGlaister]

Seeing him playing the computer game at the beginning of this movie and you mentioning Matthew Broderick reminded me of the movie WarGames from 1983.

[@erikawilliams9558]

When i was a kid i couldn't figure out why she wouldnt want to go with him and be a kid again. Watching it as an adult i was like HELL NO i would not go through it again

[@LA_HA]

She didn't because her life was hard and unhappy as a kid. But, whether I'd go back really does depend - do I just become a kid Now? Or, do I get to go back to the time period I grew up in? It absolutely depends on the answer to that question. haha

[@frankcastillo1187]

I thought the same thing though, adolescence is hard enough once

[@Psilocybin77]

A criminally under rated film with Tom Hanks: Joe VS the Volcano. A really touching and powerful strange movie.

[@ShanelleRiccio]

I've been told! and others are telling me to avoid it!

[@brianstraight9308]

@@ShanelleRiccio I say avoid it, there's a reason why Tom Hanks stopped doing comedies after that one.

[@scottpartner8001]

@@ShanelleRiccio Hi shanelle by any chance could you react to a league of their own. It also has tom hanks. Please let me know

[@unominous4759]

@@ShanelleRiccio It's a good movie. I'd recommend it for your personal viewing, but it's more appropriate for a review channel than a reaction channel.

[@Psilocybin77]

@@ShanelleRiccio Shanelle I'd never try to say you'd like a movie, but I think a person of your sensibilities would enjoy it. It is a very strange movie so I get why some people might not enjoy it. However, it has so much to say about the human condition and it's beautiful.

[@burningvoice1898]

in 1988, I was 12 years old, so yeah, I love this movie! Another one of my favorite is The Burbs also with Tom hanks. It's rarely mentioned. Maybe it's underrated... anyway, i've seen it at least 20 times so it's my favorite 80's comedy(barely because it's 1989) ohhh and great and fascinating reaction!

[@Psilocybin77]

Such an amazing movie, also directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins) starring Carrie Fisher as well.

[@RraMakutsi]

The Burbs is one of my favorites!... a great ensemble movie, with a fun storyline

[@burningvoice1898]

@@RraMakutsi it's so similar with the neighborhood I grew up; everyone "spying" everyone and every newcommer is a potential suspect... a "Klopek" with a suspicious activity...

[@LA_HA]

Yasss

[@susanzenonian5085]

Ah! The 'Burbs. Such a great cast in that with Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, Courtney Gains, and even Corey Feldman before he became hollywood eccentric.

[@willowbeederouaux4750]

My little brother & I totally memorized the "Shimmy-shimmy cocoa-pop" song in the '80's! 😁🎼🎶🎶

[@LA_HA]

I had relatives that grew up in the 70s who sang this. It's been around a loooong time. haha Oh, and my siblings and I had bunk beds. The ones I had with my sister could also be taken down so we could have two twin beds. But, having bunk beds was the Business.

[@MrMox415]

The Burbs from 89'. Such a fun movie that I think does not get a lot of recognition.

[@MST3Killa]

Is kind of a weird movie, i mean beyond the plot and such.

[@charleysage5827]

That's one of my all time favorites. It always puts me in a good mood

[@slchance8839]

@@charleysage5827 yes.one of my all time favorites, too. I think i AM Ray: I dont want to know what's wrong in my neighborhood because I dont want to have to do anything about it.

[@joescarecrow]

love it

[@nathanboyd3179]

Totally agree.

[@jbjacobs9514]

One thing that really stands out to me now, as an adult again watching this, is how this film and others in the same time period really display kids and teens that behave and speak as they actually did at the time. I think back to the time when I saw this in the movies (I was 20!), I knew how silly I was at his age and all the things I said. I think back now to what I thought and said as a teen and wow, it resonates in those early and mid 80s films. Nowadays, everyone that plays a teen is at least 25-30 and they say things that would never be said in real life back when I was a kid.

[@lathspell87]

Yes... saw this movie for the first time when I was around 7 or 8. That was when I fell in love with the idea of living in a loft. One of my favorites.

[@willcool713]

The floor piano scene in FAO Schwartz had a whole different choreography. Tom Hanks ad libbed, Chopsticks, they ran with it, and the rest is movie history.

[@garretthenderson5738]

Absolutely learned that rap "I gotta girlfriend, a triscuit, she said a triscuit a biscuit."

[@RebornLeveller]

Nice reaction an commentary. This was always one of my favourites growing up in the 80's. :) I don't usually mention this, but since you have a film background I'd strongly recommend listening to the DVD commentary track. It's not a typical commentary track; it's the writers (Ann Spielberg & Gary Ross) introducing and sharing long sections of their personal audio recordings from when they were coming up with the story and writing the script together. So it's a real rare treat. I think I learned more about screenplay writing from those recordings than I have from the numerous books, lectures and filmmaker podcasts I've read and listened to. Because we actually get to hear their writers process in real-time. So it's surprisingly informative, and a lot of fun to hear them sounding like a couple of kids getting excited about what they're creating, and to witness all the pieces gradually falling into place. You can find the audio for their commentary track on a youtube channel called "Cinema Voice". :)

[@kona883]

Totally agree about Elizabeth Perkins! She was so good in this and so important to several seasons of Weeds!

[@HaveL0veWillTravel]

She was PHENOMENAL in Sharp Objects too!!! A must see!

[@davidgarabrandt9316]

She also played Wilma in the flintstones

[@brianhammil3356]

Like OMG! I did see this movie in the theaters with my father, middle brother and little sister (Yes, I am the oldest at the time was 21!) but it was a family night out and our family is really close, I didn't feel out of place being older than my siblings. My father was a BIG child...he always liked to have fun so seeing this movie with him was a joy! We all laughed together and seen the movie as a family 3 times (only Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 beat this.....I almost forgot Disney's Oliver & Company, which is my most favorite Disney Movie!!!!!). Shanelle I really do appreciate your reactions and look forward to when you post! You are like a few of us who gets so "wide-eyed," and just enthralled in movies. It says in your bio that you are an actress, writer, director, etc. I really hope you find success in this field. You have a wonderful insight and smile PLEASE don't let society ever take that or the inner child which you exude away.

[@chefskiss6179]

The makers of the new Shazam movie said they totally used this flick a template :) You see it a lot in the two kids and their relationship with each other. If you want a constant smile on yer face flick again, I'll recommend what another commentator suggested, That Thing You Do.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

The young actor that played “Tom Hanks’” youth character counterpart was in set all the time. They did a practice run of a scene with him and Tom Hanks observed the boy’s idiosyncrasies then copied them .

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

The line cross shows how his “adult” life is juxtaposed against his actual childhood

[@chaitanrao1979]

My late material grandmother (died June 1, 1999) took me to see Big in the movie theater. I turned 9 in September of 1988, so I was a few years younger than the character of Josh. It’s my most favorite Tom Hanks movie to this day. In 2018 for the 30th anniversary, it was rereleased at some theaters and I took one of my closest friends, she’s going to be 30 this year, so over a decade younger than I am. She also enjoyed it. Glad you enjoyed it, love this movie!!!

[@kaseyconde4071]

“Multiplicity” with Michael Keaton. Comedy gold with keatons character work.

[@lumpy16]

Love that movie!!! 💚

[@jkhoover]

"Did you bring me a monkey???"

[@kaseyconde4071]

@@lumpy16 one of my absolute favorites!

[@kaseyconde4071]

@@jkhoover “ I got a wallet”

[@jkhoover]

@@kaseyconde4071 Damn! This was going to be my next one!

[@KBH27]

Never seen anyone react to this classic. Finally

[@jasongilbert2379]

Money Pit with Tom Hanks... Totally Hilarious!!!

[@electronics-girl]

I was 13 when this film came out in 1988, so it made a huge impression on me. I saw it in the theaters, although I also saw it again less than a year later when they showed it at my junior high school. (So, it was cool to hear how they showed it to you in school, some 20 years later.) I'm glad to hear you're a fan of The Parent Trap, but I hope you'll watch the 1961 version with Hayley Mills in it. Such a classic! That was the version I watched and loved when I was growing up.

[@realemetic1]

If you ever review That Thing You Do! PLEASE focus on the scene he shot "with" Peter Scolari! I know it was solely done for fans of the show!

[@christinahilt2978]

There’s one of those machines on the boardwalk in Long Beach CA. Grew up doing the “shimmy shimmy cocoa pop” as a clapping game in the 70’s. I think there’s a song it’s based off that is even older....

[@iChristyD]

We did that shimmy shimmy thing, but had totally different parts than what they do. I guess it’s regional for different kids.

[@doobernow]

"He Said, She Said" Another great movie with Elizabeth Perkins with Kevin Bacon.

[@jonathanross149]

Agreed

[@LA_HA]

Absolutely, yes

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

They built the big piano specifically for the film and the “heart and soul” routine was improved

[@1nelsondj]

Not enough Jon Lovitz. Tom Hanks is great in everything, loved him as Walt Disney in "Saving Mr. Banks". If you've seen "Lost Highway" then you know the other side of Robert Loggia.

[@kevinramsey417]

That's R as in Robert Loggia. O as in Oh my God, it's Robert Loggia.....

[@Dylan_Platt]

Holy crap, I never made the connection that it was the same guy

[@JessRansdellSmith]

Yes, most of us that grew up with this movie did learn it. And the greatest thing in the entire world is that Tom Hanks still knows it and can rattle it off when asked!

[@jonathansmith8672]

"Turner and Hooch" next, please. It's another great Tom Hanks movie. You're gonna LOVE IT!! I guarantee it. ❤❤❤❤❤🤗🤗🤗😊😊😊👍

[@nikk8647]

Another kids movie?

[@jonathansmith8672]

@@nikk8647 Even though there are some gruesome murder scenes, it is a buddy cop adventure film with comedy which I think can be suitable for kids.

[@vinnygi]

My favorite line: You don’t just come into a meeting and say “bugs”

[@DireHammer]

This is one of the first movies where we started to see Tom Hanks show his acting talent after years of Bosom Buddies, Splash, and Bachelor Party. Those were all good but didn't require Hanks to be a good actor.

[@joehoy9242]

I'm not sure that's entirely fair - a lot of "serious" dramatic actors have been known to say they wish they could do comedy well - comedic acting is a serious (and frequently underappreciated) skill in and of itself. Even when he played "over the top", Tom Hanks always carried a vulnerability about him which translated well when he transitioned to more dramatic roles. I wouldn't be surprised if working with John Candy on "Splash" helped him unlock that aspect - Hanks refers to him as "one of the greatest gifts" he's known.

[@davidlee5395]

Thanks again! So so fun. Amazing channel! You did Back to the Future and Big so I couldn’t be happier. I watch a lot of reaction channels your recaps are the only ones I don’t skip.

[@renebethke7132]

REAL GENIUS! VAL KILMER ❤

[@donngash1360]

I'll second that!

[@kevinramsey417]

I'm reminded of something Socrates said. "I drank what?"

[@renebethke7132]

@@kevinramsey417 🤘

[@Skeezer66]

About Shimmy Shimmy . . .When I was a kid (1970's), the girls in my school used to play Patty Cake to this! Going back further (thanks to Songfacts) This seemingly innocuous song became one of the first great earworms, with the chorus of "Shimmy, shimmy, ko-ko-bop, shimmy, shimmy, bop" burrowing into our brains and refusing to let go. Like many hits of this era aimed at teenagers, it's about a dance: the "ko-ko-bop." The third verse contains specific instructions: Left foot forward, right one back Bring them side by side Syncopate your last two steps Now you're gonna glide The song is about a guy who is entranced by a "native" girl who shows him the dance. This is based on a song called "(Shimmy Shimmy) Ko Ko Wop," which was released by a Pittsburgh group called the El Capris in 1956. That song was written by group members James Scott, James Ward and Leon Gray; it takes place on an island and has a Polynesian rhythm. The Little Anthony & the Imperials version is a not-so-subtle rewrite, with just a tweak to the title and a change of setting for the verses. This version is credited as written by Bob Smith.

[@frankbowman9493]

I love brussels sprouts.

[@mena94x3]

Yes, roasted with bacon. 🥰🥰

[@moonlitegram]

Wow, I think this is the first time it's really hit me in a long time just how much better our current resolutions are compared to back in the day. Because I knew scenes from this were filmed in Cliffside Park and I distinctly remember pausing the VHS towards the end of the film to try and read the street signs to figure out where in Cliffside Park it was. And I remember it was really hard to make out what the signs said on that VHS copy. But seeing the scene here in your video, the one sign is clear as day and you can even make out enough of the out of focus cross street to figure out what it is. Was able to find the houses on google maps - they're still there and look basically the same! Very cool.

[@JohnGuzik]

Now try Splash.

[@3DJapan]

A favorite movie back in the day.

[@jonathanross149]

John Candy and Tom Hanks....and Eugene Levy....and Daryl Hannah

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I fell in love with Tom Hanks when my father and I would watch Bosom Buddies on television. He was nobody at that time, but he was the funniest part of that show. By the time he did this movie he was fairly well known, but I think this movie cemented him as a must watch actor.

[@colinm3130]

This movie brings back memories because in College when we were learning post, we were given the FAO Schwartz scene with no audio. We had to replace all the foley, dialog, and music. It was my introduction to the movie and it really hooked me. I had managed to learn synchronizing the BTX and 1630 video decks to tape machines (yes tape) before I was accepted into my major. But older students would sneak me into their projects because they didn't know how to use those machines (they are dinosaurs now, but were pretty advanced at the time).

[@KeoTower]

I was born in 83 so I definitely saw this movie when I was younger but not at the theater, we waited till everything was on TV or at Blockbuster. This was definitely a kid's movie as every kid I knew was obsessed with this movie at one point. And yes I definitely memorized the rap lines but I never found anybody else who knew them until 1997 when we moved to a new location my freshman year high School and I had to meet new friends. This happened a lot when I was younger so I got tired of trying to meet new friends and basically decided to be a loner but one day I met this guy named Miguel and we started talking about this movie and simultaneously we both busted out the entire rap word for word and gesture for gesture. He was the best man at my wedding, he is the godfather of my children, he is still my best friend and I am 38 years old now.....all thanks to this movie.

[@MikeB12800]

A reporter asked Hanks about the “shimmy shimmy coco puff” song at an event fairly recently. He still has it memorized.

[@CraigKostelecky]

6:33 We don't "smack machinery" to get things to work. But "percussive maintenance" totally DOES work.

[@kevinramsey417]

I just call it The Fonzie.

[@danhalstead705]

Great choice! This is exactly what I was going to recommend next after you said you'd already seen "Leon: The Professional" and "Groundhog Day." I was 11 when this came out and watched it at home a year or two after it left theaters. What was really fun is that Josh's bedroom looked exactly like mine growing up: the computer is what I learned to program on (I now have an advanced degree in artificial intelligence), and I even had the corkboard map of the USA on the wall behind it. The game he's playing is the first text adventure, called Zork - it revolutionized the early computer game industry much like Tetris and Super Mario did later, and one of the first programs I practiced developing was modeled after it. Every time I watch this movie it feels like I'm looking through some kind of time capsule into my own childhood. Just subscribed to your patreon.

[@ClutchSituation]

I love your analysis and how real you are Shanelle!

[@nickperkins8477]

I love that Josh discovers the Zoltar machine is unplugged after he gets his wish.

[@brianm523]

This was one of my favorites as a kid! I had bunk beds and loved it when my friends stayed over. After my parents divorced, my mom took us kids to live with our grandmother (her mom). My grandmother was very conservative and religious, and hated anything with more than a PG rating. We were watching the Disney channel one evening, and my grandmother just happened to walk in during the scene where Tom Hanks is getting to second base with his costar. She lets out this scream and yells, “What kind of filth are you watching?!?” My answer was, “It’s the Disney Channel, Nanna.” I showed her the channel number on the cable box and her jaw dropped. She had gotten Disney channel because I wasn’t allowed to watch much else, and that was the moment she realized the world was not going to let her protect us from the way life actually happens. Little did she know I had already seen movies like Revenge of the Nerds, Caddyshack, etc so boobs in a movie were no big deal for me.

[@MST3Killa]

The 180 line break was because before he was the kid and she was the grown up. The flip meant he was the grown up (how he has his first kiss) and she was the kid (feeling like a kid again)

[@sean---the-other-one]

Someone probably already commented, the song they sing is The Name Game, a novelty song by Shirley Ellis from back in 1964. Like Steve Martin’s poem Pointy Birds which he brings out in a couple of films, Hanks also sang a bit of this song in The Money Pit

[@lorencamarillo4601]

One of my favorite Hanks movies! I remember watching this as a kid. Yes, my brother and I learned the whole “rap” and still know it to this day. Love your director’s take on these movies. Keep it up!

[@xbubblehead]

I don't understand schools showing movies on rainy days. It wasn't like that in the dark ages when I was in high school...our classrooms were indoors and unless a blizzard closed the school, it was always business as usual. But to the point, thank you for your reaction to this, one of my favorites.

[@jarosbodytko6462]

I only saw it recently for the first time and I loved it. What struck me most about it is how this movie really has no happy ending. Sure, he becomes 13 again and returns home, but the love between him and Elisabeth’s character has to end and I’m especially sad for her because it’s clear that their relationship was the first thing that made her genuinely happy in a long time. It kind of reminds me of the ending to Back to the Future when Marty comes back to 1985 and everything is better. But he never got home. In the 1985 he came from his family never saw him again which is devastating, not to mention that he has memories of a completely different life that doesn’t line up with the ‘improved’ version of 1985. I love how these fake happy endings work where the characters themselves don’t necessarily end up in a better place.

[@avaughn828]

that little ditty they sing together was definitely something everyone i knew sang all the time. have no idea where it came from, but it was a thing before the movie came out

[@merkerb]

Loved this movie. Remember renting it at the video store(yes I’m that old!!). Had a bunk bed when I was young and never had a problem getting my friends to sleep over. Shanelle also looks extra resplendent in this reaction

[@sean---the-other-one]

Fun fact - the extra ‘da na na na...’ sequence at the end of the 20th Century Fox theme denotes that it was filmed in CinemaScope or some such thing. I can’t check it at the moment, but it’s presence or absence in the intro has definite meaning in terms of presentation, but most of us filmgoers are unaware of the detail.

[@flixg4358]

The legend about an alternate ending with Susan becoming a kid has gone around for years, but I’m pretty sure it stems from confusion about another very similar body switching movie called “14 Going on 30.” That was a TV movie that aired on the Disney Channel in 1988, and Disney aired both films repeatedly over the next few years, probably causing them to blur in people’s minds. The TV movie (which has been uploaded in its entirety to KZbin) does indeed end with the adult female love interest showing up in class as a teenager.

[@ab9772]

Your reactions make me so happy. Love the days when you have an upload

[@ShanelleRiccio]

yay I'm so glad!

[@farfrompoo]

I soooooo wanted bunk beds. After begging for them for I don't know how long, we eventually got them. I loved climbing to the top bunk without using the ladder, then jumping off to get back down. I don't recall how long it took, but me and my brother taught so much, our parents separated the beds, and put us back in our own rooms. We slept in those beds our entire childhood, but never put them back together. I actually still have the bed that was mine, in one of my spare bedrooms.

[@ollietsb1704]

This should have been his Oscar winning role... one of several. He absolutely DEVOURS scenes. Loggia littered American TV from the early 60s on, usually a bad guy or jerk. For me personally, this was a wonderful eye-opening intro to his obvious Other Side as an actor. HOORAY. He's also pretty strong in the vampire flick INNOCENT BLOOD with the absolutely outrageous Don Rickles. Thanks for listing those other BodyAge-Swap films - I'd forgotten FATHER LIKE SON (easily forgotten, too).

[@justinsublett5880]

This movie is a pure IV dose of childhood. I was 6 years old when this came out, and it was enormously popular. Still love it.

[@greigclement9081]

I know a certain generation brag about living in the the 60s; I'm the same way about growing up in the 80s with all these great movies, and music. I spend so many Saturdays going to the movies and seeing a lot of these movies during their first run.

[@augleda2537]

Your reactions are AMAZING, I've watched them all in 2 days! You have a unique perspective & I actually learn a lot. Also most folks don't take the time to read the trivia after. Usually during the movie you ask questions & I get excited for you to catch the answers later. I'm gonna add to the folks who recommend The Money Pit. I grew up on it & laugh every time I see it. It's even shorthand to folks my age - this afternoon I told my friend to have fun with that money pit! Mostly I'm curious to see if it holds up in your opinion.

[@logicdiary3179]

Girl, I missed a few of your videos when I was sick but you've really taken off here on KZbin!! Love your reviews, you seem like someone I would be friends with IRL. Keep doing you! You're on fi-yahhh!! 🔥

[@jaydisqus3353]

You are slowly becoming one of my favorite reactors.

[@CaptainFrost32]

I was in the Class of 1990, and our Chamber Singers went from western Pennsylvania to New York City for an annual trip. We included FAO Schwarz on our itinerary. We toured through every level of the store and actually did have a chance to use the keyboard. Our choir director and our student accompanist did the duet in the store and drew a crowd full of applause. One of the highlights, including singing on the stage at Radio City Music Hall and peeking in on the practice of the Rockettes. [We did the sitcom schtick of the tallest down to the shortest guy poking heads sideways around the door jam.] Even with the highlights, I never had the interest in returning to the city.

[@vgalea]

I played McMillan in a community theatre production of "Big - The Musical". Lots of stories I could bore you with, but you may enjoy hearing that we didn't get the keyboard to practice for the piano scene until about 6 days before opening, and they guy playing big Josh did not read music or even know how a piano keyboard is laid out. (I have a music degree.) He learned pretty quickly and, thankfully, the actual notes were in the recorded score (BOO canned scores - won't do one of those again), and we only had to credibly match the notes.

[@andrewkelley434]

Awesome review Shanelle!! My best friend and I did the shimmy shimmy cocoa pop rap all the time in elementary school LOL!! Also..I love the montage part, the music is so emotional (when he is thinking about what he is missing as a kid)!!

[@ShanelleRiccio]

yes! omg if saw this in middle school I'd be doing that rap like all day!

[@chadlynch1551]

You're going to have to do Roxanne at some point. Basically Cyrano De Bergerac, but the main character is played by Steve Martin, and he's the fire chief of a small town fire department. Quick Change is another criminally underwatched movie where Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid rob a bank, then try to get out of New York before they get caught or go crazy.

[@curtinparloe]

"I'd hate to see that grindstone!"

[@SmittyASMR]

Honestly love how you light up when something exciting happens in film totally cute!

[@chasher1]

Love your Channel Shanelle I have so much fun watching you watch some of my all-time favorites I grew up with,I remember seeing this with day camp with my brother, and it was a rainy day too lol we were going to go to the zoo but because of the rain, we went to see this, keep up the great work I always look forward to your videos.

[@scarlettmi]

I love that you read some trivia about the film that you watched.

[@nickthepeasant]

Such happy memories of watching this as a kid - envied Josh, totally over-looked the isolation and separation from his mother..he gets all the cool stuff and hooks up with a girl, 11 year old dreams.

[@wubranch1]

I love your channel, great insights on filmmaking.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

There are books like that “big” /“13 going on 30” juxtaposition Judy Blume wrote books “are you there his, it’s me Margaret” and “then again maybe I won’t” Both are about either a girl or a boy starting puberty

[@anyviolet]

9:57 your take on the fine line between comedy and pathos -- pretty much verbatim what I thought when I saw this scene in the theater. Literally crying and laughing at the same time. Just beautifully done.

[@pdbordelon]

Yay! Great review Shanelle! You look super-pretty too! :)

[@slayerwatcher]

Another great review. I love that you referenced Jessie, from The Parent Trap. She was my favorite character, in that movie. Lol...

[@rebekahhoyle9350]

I absolutely love your channel! I’ve found myself getting really into commentary KZbin channels during the pandemic and I’ve just discovered your channel and I gotta say I’m really loving it! You’re watching all the movies I love or the movies I’ve wanted to give a try and it makes me really happy. I love watching your reactions and I really enjoy hearing the random little facts you share about the movies. Watching your videos is like watching these movies with a fellow film-geek. I feel like the people I watch movies with aren’t as into the movies as I am. I’m usually the person talking over the movie and sharing random facts about the movie lol. I really love your videos and I really like your personality! You seem like a really nice and kind person! Keep up the great work! :))

[@m2c_tave689]

I love love love this movie. This was one of my all theme favorite concepts when I was a tween. Love your energy, passion and insights you bring to the reaction game. Keep it up.