One cultural similarity between Big (1998) and modern day movies is how kids want to be older and mature faster. Often the actors who are cast as teenagers and children are at least 5 years older than the characters they play. This influences kids who think they should be more like these actors to dress and act more maturely, wear more makeup, etc. In Big, all Joshua wants is to be older. He’s tired of being treated as a child by his family and the kids at school. The obsession with independence and growing up fast has been a recurring theme in the lives of teenagers in 1888 and now. One cultural difference is in Big, Joshua acted like the thirteen year old he was at heart and in turn, won the praise of the CEO of the company he worked
