Aquamarine vs Big
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Aquamarine). Aquamarine is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2006). Both are comedy, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Aquamarine
Big| Aquamarine | Big | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Penny Marshall |
| Main cast | Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel, Dichen Lachman, Roy Billing, Emma Roberts | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins |
Synopsis
Aquamarine
Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.
Big
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.