He's a healthy ten year old who's growing four times faster than normal. Now he's about to take off on the biggest adventure of his life... 5th grade.
Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.
- 6.3
- 1996
- Released
- 1h 53m
Robin Williams
Jack Powell
Diane Lane
Karen Powell
Brian Kerwin
Brian Powell
Jennifer Lopez
Miss Marquez
Bill Cosby
Lawrence Woodruff
Fran Drescher
Dolores Durante
Adam Zolotin
Louis Durante
Irwin Corey
Poppy
Jurnee Smollett
PhoebeAshlee Lauren
AllisonMario Yedidia
George
Michael McKean
Paulie
Todd Bosley
EdwardSeth Smith
John-John
Don Novello
Bartender
Allan Rich
Dr. Benfante
Keone Young
Dr. LinAllison Whitbeck
Lucy
Josh Kornbluth
Pack of Cigarettes
Jer Adrianne Lelliott
Johnny Duffer
Rickey D'Shon Collins
Eric
Released
en
$45,000,000.00
$58,620,973.00
- #genetics
- #age difference
- #body exchange
Reviews
_**Robin Williams as a 10 year-old; great cast, but needed a rewrite**_ The Powells in Oakland have a premature baby, whom they name Jack (Robin Williams). The problem is that Jack grows at four times the normal rate and so when he finally is allowed to enter 5th grade at the age of 10 he looks like a 40 year-old man. Diane Lane plays his mother, Bill Cosby his tutor, Jennifer Lopez his teache