Big

VERDICT:
8/10 Caviar Dinners

Angels & Demons comes out today, and since it costs a gold doubloon for a movie ticket in NYC, and I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a piece of crap, and I still haven't read the book, I think I'm gonna skip it. So what better time than now to take a look back at a Tom Hanks classic that won't offend your religious beliefs.

Big is about a boy who stumbles upon a fortune-telling machine at a carnival that grants his wish to be...wait for it...big!

The story's been done a million times but Big is the only movie that does it right. I haven't seen 17 Again, but I don't think I'm jumping the gun here. The only exception that even comes close to matching Big is the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday. You heard me right, Freaky Friday. Check it out. Jamie Lee Curtis kicks ass in it.

It doesn't hurt either that Big is backed up by great writing and some classic one-liners, but Tom Hanks playing the most believable 12-year-old-in-a-grown-man's-body of all time is what sets this movie apart from the rest. The writers absolutely nail what a kid would do if he ran away from home and shacked up in New York City and Hanks has a blast acting it all out.

It's hard to describe why you'll like Big so much without really sitting down and watching it for yourself. Like all these kinds of movies, it's about growing up, but there's a lot of real heart in this movie that hits home on a lot of simple, innocent emotions that get put on the back burner somewhere around the time your parents sat you down for the "birds and the bees" talk.

This is one of the more under appreciated movies of all time and it's one of the best reminders of how freaking great it was to be a kid. It's a movie that you should watch every couple of years, not just because it's one of those movie you could watch again and again, but as a healthy reminder not take yourself too seriously.

Big is simply two hours of pure fun that only gets better as you get older. There's too much drama that comes with being an adult and it can be easy to forget how awesome it would be to play "Chopsticks" with your feet on a life-size piano. Know what I mean?