Big vs Blithe Spirit
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.7/10 for Blithe Spirit). Blithe Spirit is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2020). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
Blithe Spirit| Big | Blithe Spirit | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Edward Hall |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Dan Stevens, Julian Rhind-Tutt, James Fleet, Judi Dench, Colin Stinton |
Synopsis
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.
Blithe Spirit
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
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