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'It's a family movie... for some reason': Evan Rachel Wood plays a 13-year-old girl turned adult opposite Darren Criss in Funny Or Die satire of Big

Published: 21:49 GMT, 20 November 2014 | Updated: 23:47 GMT, 20 November 2014

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In the hit 1988 movie, Josh Baskin, 12, suddenly morphs into a 30-year-old grown man (Tom Hanks) where he gets a job, falls in love and nearly forgets his true age.

And in a new Funny Or Die satire on Big, Evan Rachel Wood plays a comical and somewhat darker, adult version of the Hanks role, as a 13-year-old who takes on the appearance of an older woman.

After being granted her wish at a local fairground, Wood's character Jenny is shocked at her mature transformation, while her mother assumes the woman she finds in her home is 'that slut that's sleeping with my husband.'

This is fun: Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss star in a satire of the 1988 movie Big in a new Funny Or Die Clip

Woken up bigger: Jenny reacts with shock when she wakes up to find herself 'Big'

Wood then gets a job in a toy factory, arriving to work wobbling on sky-high heels and dressed inappropriately in a lacy pink dress.

Talk at work soon turns to sex, with Jenny's naivete being dismissed as a 'shy routine.'

Catching the eye of a co-worker Jeff, played by Criss, the duo soon begin a relationship, dancing together on a piano - a la Hanks in Big - jumping on a trampoline and Jeff making a move to kiss her on a Twister board.

Bunkbeds? Jeff (Criss) tries to make his move on Jenny who is dressed in pyjamas

Bouncing fun: Jenny gets Jeff to join her on trampolining with a Twister board on the floor

Kissing on the Twister board: Jenny and her man's inappropriate relationship is taken one step further

'You sure you can sleep over?' she asks him. 'You mom's not going to get mad?'

'I don't think my mom's going to mind,' he laughs, unaware of her innocent overtones.

Soon enough, Wood's character thinks she's getting gets the hang of adulthood, easily able to balance on her heels and discussing her sex life very loudly in the office.

Inappropriate: Wood arrived at her first day at work in a lace formal frock with heels

This doll should vomit: Like Hanks's character, she takes her place at a toy company

Revealing all: The star loudly chatted on the phone about her sex life

The original: Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia in the 1988 film Big

'But', a voiceover announces, 'all good things must end,' and Jenny ends up telling the stunned Jeff that 'I really am a kid.'

'That's okay,' he says. 'What are you, 18... 19?'

'I'm 13,' she says. 'That's what I've been trying to tell you dumb dumb, you're in love with a kid.'

Shocked by the revelation, Jeff experiences flashbacks of Jenny playing with dolls and realises he could be in some serious trouble.

I'm really 134-years-old: Jeff is stunned when Jenny tells him the sorry truth

She likes to play with dolls: The realisation soon dawns on Criss's character

Will you call me in ten years: Jenny tells Jeff she told the 'whole company' the truth about their relationship

Is magic a good defence in court? Jeff weeps in the bath tub

You're only young once: Jeff panics about his reputation in the satirical clip

'Did you tell anybody?' he asks.

'Just the whole company,' she reveals. 'Maybe call me in ten years?'

'No, don't do that. Never call me,' he says, and is seen weeping in the bathtub trying to work out his defence in court.

'I f***** a magical child. I'm gonna go to jail,' he sobs. 'I'm a good person. Magic isn't a defence you can use in court.'

The short film ends with a voiceover saying: 'You're only young once.. But a sex offence will stay on your record for life. It's a family movie... for some reason.'