Am I Making Too Much of a "Big" Deal About This?

You remember that movie, Big, staring Tom Hanks that came out in the late 1980’s? Outside of never understanding how Elizabeth Perkins got the leading role in this, I loved the movie. With that being said, something about this flick bothered me, but I never could figure out what it was … until a few weeks ago.

I was watching the ending of Big – you know – when Elizabeth Perkins drops Tom Hanks off at his mom’s place, and then as Tom Hanks is walking to the house, Perkins looks away, then looks back and sees the little kid that Hanks changed back into. It hit me – Perkins had sex with Hanks in the movie, right? So, Hanks was an adult, but not really, right? So, was Perkins actually having sex with a minor?

I’m actually surprised nobody really discussed this … or at least I never heard of discussions. I mean, the movie is ending, and Perkins kind of smiles as a tear rolls down her eyes, when she sees that Hanks is actually a kid. Geez, shouldn’t she be sh*tting bricks and throwing up on the dashboard at this point, saying to herself, “Oh my god, I just bumped uglies with Opie from the Andy Griffith show?”

On the other side, how does the young Hanks deal with the rest of grade school at this point? I mean, he just went from being an important executive at a toy store, to being an adolescent again. Sure, he’s probably got great stories to tell his other pimple-faced friends about baggin’ a babe, and making and spending all kinds of money. But, at the same point, the kid has got to be bored back in school, doesn’t he? I mean, he doesn’t have the bankroll or the babe anymore. He is no longer autonomous and is once again ruled over by his mom. And, finally, he can’t enjoy a fine alcoholic beverage legally anymore.

How about the company he works for? All of the sudden, he disappears without a sign. Wouldn’t there be a large manhunt for him? Don’t you think people would get concerned with the disappearance of a highly successful executive? Seriously, at this point, somebody needs to make a sequel to Big, so we can find out exactly what happens … there are WAY too many loose ends … oh, and sorry for ruining a movie for you guys and gals.