The podcast which discusses movies, books and TV shows in their entirety – without fear of spoilers. Presented by Paul Tyler with regular guest reviewers Rachael Burnett and Andy Goulding and produced by Johnathan Haw.
The Spoiler team are back and we all reckoned it was criminal that we still hadnât looked at a Tom Hanks film yet. Weâre rectifying this by kicking off series 6 with Penny Marshallâs 1988 fantasy comedy âBigâ.
While Andy and Rachael both grew up with âBigâ, Paul lives up to his reputation for procrastination by only having seen it for the first time a couple of days ago. While this precludes Paul from joining in with the rest of the teamâs impromptu recreation of the âShimmy Shimmy Coco Popâ song, the magic of this charming film proves as effective on a 41 year old man as it was on two wide-eyed pre-teens. Andy reluctantly recounts his inadvertent encyclopaedic knowledge of body-swap comedies and reveals how he himself fared when he took on the Ice Wizard (spoiler: his hesitancy cost him dearly!). The team also discuss some of âBigâs more questionable elements, such as the scene of âhand-on-bra actionâ between a 13 year old boy and an adult woman. Rachael wonders whether switching the genders of the lead characters would have made a difference to audience reactions and, of course, highlights the importance of the score in diminishing our misgivings. While Andy tries desperately to stop a determined Paul from asking all the questions youâre not supposed to ask about the Zoltar machine, everyone appreciates the authenticity of the classic âHeart and Soulâ piano scene, bum notes and all, but Rachael wonders whether âBig: The Musicalâ might have been a step too far.
Elsewhere, inspired by John Heardâs performance as Paul Davenport, Andy reveals his top 5 baddies who werenât really that bad, including Walter Peck from âGhostbustersâ, the hyenas from âThe Lion Kingâ and Eddie Cochranâs parents in the rock ânâ roll classic âSummertime Bluesâ.
This weekâs scale: Big or Gib (and yes, it is a word!)
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