Life-Size facts for kids
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| Written by | Mark Rosman Stephanie Moore |
| Story by | Stephanie Moore |
| Directed by | Mark Rosman |
| Starring | Lindsay Lohan Tyra Banks Jere Burns |
| Composer(s) | Eric Colvin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Fitch Cady |
| Cinematography | Philip Linzey |
| Editor(s) | Bonnie Koehler |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
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| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Budget | $7 million |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 5, 2000 |
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| Followed by | Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve |
Life-Size is a fun fantasy-comedy TV movie from 2000. It stars Lindsay Lohan and Tyra Banks. The movie first aired on March 5, 2000, on ABC. It was part of The Wonderful World of Disney. The story is about a young girl whose doll, Eve, magically turns into a real person.
A sequel called Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve came out on December 2, 2018. In the sequel, Tyra Banks plays Eve again.
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Story of the Film
Casey Stuart is a sporty girl who plays quarterback on her school's football team. Her mom passed away two years ago. Casey misses her mom a lot and wants to bring her back. She finds a special book called "The Book of Awakenings" at a bookstore. This book has instructions on how to bring people back to life. The magic would become permanent if not undone within four days.
Casey starts gathering things that belonged to her mom, like strands of hair from her hairbrush. But then, something unexpected happens. Drew Mitchell, a friend of Casey's dad, gives Casey a new doll for her birthday. It's an Eve doll, a popular plastic doll made by Marathon Toys.
Eve Comes to Life
As Casey is getting ready to use the magic, Drew brushes the Eve doll's hair with Casey's mom's hairbrush. Because of this, the magic accidentally works on the doll instead of Casey's mom. The next morning, Casey wakes up to find Eve, the doll, is now a real person!
Casey is surprised and a little upset. But Eve is super excited to be a real human. Over the next few days, Eve experiences many new things. She goes shopping for clothes, tries different foods, and even sings her theme song at a dance. She also helps Casey deal with missing her mom.
Friendship and Magic
Casey learns that she needs the second part of the magic book to turn Eve back into a doll. Meanwhile, Casey's dad, Ben, is busy with his job and misses some of Casey's football games. This causes some tension between them.
As time goes on, Casey and Eve become good friends. Eve is kind and helps Casey feel better about her mom. Casey also teaches Eve how to be a popular doll and a good role model.
When the magic book finally arrives at the bookstore, Casey decides not to buy it. She has grown to like Eve and wants her to stay real.
Saying Goodbye
However, Eve starts to miss being a doll. She finds it hard to be a real person and worries about her doll company. So, Eve decides to undo the spell herself. She buys the book and says goodbye to Ben at Casey's championship game.
Eve goes to a special room at the Marathon headquarters. She says the magic words. When Casey and Ben arrive, Eve sadly says goodbye and turns back into a doll. Later, Eve becomes a very popular toy again, thanks to her experiences as a real person. Casey also makes up with her old friends, and Ben gets a promotion at work.
The movie ends with everyone dancing to Eve's theme song. It looks like Eve is still real and dancing along!
Meet the Cast
- Tyra Banks as Eve
- Lindsay Lohan as Casey Stuart
- Jere Burns as Ben Stuart
- Anne Marie Loder as Drew McDonald
- Garwin Sanford as Richie
- Tom Butler as Phil
- Jillian Fargey as Ellen
- Dee Jay Jackson as Coach
- Corrine Koslo as Toy store owner
- Alfred Humphreys as Bookstore owner
- Kerry Sandomirsky as Ms. Weiner
- Sam MacMillan as Sam
- Katelyn Wallace as Sarah
- Shaina Tianne Unger as Jessica
- Jessica Lee Owens as Shannon
- Chantal Strand as Sarah's sister
- Laurie Murdoch as Mr. Boring
- Candice Connelly as Mrs. Boring
- Alvin Sanders as Guard
- Ryan de Boer as Weiner
- Lesley Ewen as Francine
- Kaitlyn Burke as Girl with doll
- George Blondheim as Bandleader
- Joanna Piros as Newscaster
- Stephanie Moore as Woman in mink
- Campbell Lane as Judge Peterman
- Kasper Michaels as Litter man
- Monika Lisowska and Rosa Zavaglia as Mall extras
- Garvin Cross as Truck driver
- Aliana Lohan as Girl at Football Stands (uncredited)
More Life-Size Movies
Life-Size 2
Talk about a sequel to Life-Size started in 2012. In 2014, Disney Channel announced they were working on Life-Size 2. Tyra Banks was set to play Eve again.
Banks shared updates over the years. She said that Disney wanted the script to be perfect. In 2017, it was announced that the movie would debut on Freeform in December 2018. Production started in the summer of 2018. Francia Raisa was confirmed to star alongside Tyra Banks. Life-Size 2 premiered on December 2, 2018.
Life-Size 3
In February 2020, Tyra Banks shared that she was working on Life-Size 3.
See also
In Spanish: Life-Size para niños
