Tom Hanks plays Josh, who makes a wish on an old arcade machine to be big, and his wish is granted. When he wakes up the next day he is still a child but in the body of a 30 YO man. His mother Mercedes Ruehl) doesn't believe he is her son, and kicks him out of the house. He becomes a lost child on the back of a milk carton.
The think that makes the movie work is that Josh is still an innocent 13 Year old young man. He finds a job, and the owner of a toy store quickly makes him vice president of marketing as he talks about his love for toys and ideas for toys.
A co worker, Susan (Elizabeth Perkins), falls in love with his naiveté and innocence. They date, and eventually have sex, which causes him to lose some of the naiveté.
His friend Paul (John Heard) does believe that he has been changed. He is helping to find a way to restore Josh to his own self.
A scene that makes this movie special is the piano playing (on a large piano you play by foot) Josh does with his boss (Robert Loggia). The boss realizes that putting some youth into his company is needed.
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