Big Fish vs Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.8/10 for Big Fish). Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 5m. Big Fish is the older of the two (2003 against 2018). Both are adventure, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Big FishMaquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 8.2/10
Year20032018
Length2h 5m1h 55m
GenresAdventure, Drama, FantasyAdventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country–Japan
DirectorTim BurtonMari Okada
Main castSteve Buscemi, Missi Pyle, Ewan McGregor, David Denman, Albert FinneyTomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko Hikasa

Synopsis

Big Fish

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under…

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