[nickcarraway]

I never saw this movie? Is she saying this because the Hanks character is supposed to be a boy?

[Tired of Taxes]

Yes, and in the movie, Hanks acts like an innocent boy in a grown man’s body.

[GOP Poet]

Not sure. I think so.

[Cronos]

it’s a reasonably good 80s comedy. Watched it years ago. Worth watching once if you just want a feel good not deep movie

[thecodont]

Yes, in the movie he is just BARELY a teen, he is age 13.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/?ref_=nm_knf_i2

To call a 13-year-old a “teen” is true in only a technical sense, I think. That’s really more like a child.

And the context of the news article I think it is misleading. I think most people would assume “teen” to be somewhat older, maybe 16 to 18 years old.

[Tired of Taxes]

Adding to my comment above: Lots of movies in the 70’s and 80’s couldn’t be made today - another example is “Weird Science.”

[wardaddy]

And she folds like a cheap suit...

[McGruff]

Shocking!

Not!

[Political Junkie Too]

Wouldn't the same thing have to be said about the movie 13 Going On 30?

Isn't it essentially the same story, only that it happens to a girl?

-PJ

[PGR88]

She literally can use the “I didn’t know he was 12!” excuse.

[JimRed]

We never say, ‘Oh they slept together,’ but they definitely fooled around.”

I very much dislike that phrase, because typically very little sleeping is involved!