Thirteen-year-old Josh Baskin learns about life and love when he wishes to be older and wakes up in the body of a grown man. What kid hasn't wanted to be older, even just for a day? Grown-ups would take you more seriously, there wouldn't be anyone telling you what to do, and you certainly wouldn't be spending hours every night doing homework.
However, when I watch this movie as an adult, I still see the appeal for young Josh, but all I can think is that poor woman who unsuspectingly falls in love with Tom Hanks really ends up sleeping with an eighth grader. The therapy required to recover from such a discovery would boggle the mind.
Well, way to go adulthood, first you ruin my waistline and now my entertainment. What will you take next? My deep, unbending love for hair bands and monster ballads? Wait. Shhh. Don't tell me. I'll preserve the magic just a bit longer.
