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.

• DirectorPenny Marshall
• Release3 June 1988
• Genre
  Fantasy / Drama
• Duration1h 44m
• Budget$18,000,000
• Revenue$151,927,281
• Rate
  

  7.181
  3750 reviews
• Productions

  American Entertainment Partners II L.P., Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox