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.
Tom Hanks
as Josh Baskin
Elizabeth Perkins
as Susan
Robert Loggia
as MacMillan
John Heard
as Paul
Jared Rushton
as Billy
David Moscow
as Young Josh
Jon Lovitz
as Scotty Brennen
Mercedes Ruehl
as Mrs. Baskin
Josh Clark
as Mr. Baskin
Kimberlee M. Davis
as Cynthia Benson
Oliver Block
as Freddie Benson
Erika Katz
as Cynthia's Friend