Big (1988)

A 13 year old kid wishes he were bigger, and then his body is transformed overnight into that of an adult.

The central attraction of this is, I suppose, the spectacle of an adult actor playing a child. To make this a "regular" fiction film, they have to fill it with additional aspects, such as the concept of a completely innocent man who is thought to be a big threat and a genius (more or less the same concept of Being There). The ideology of the film goes along the lines of kids = playing = industrial toys. As one sees, everything revolves around consuming, always. The key moment of the film is when 'Baskin' asks (about a toy which consists of a building which turns into a robot): "Why is this any fun?" This is key because it is where the film internalizes its spectator's reaction to most of it.

Rating: 41