Big vs Hercules
Hercules has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Big). Hercules is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 1997). Both are comedy, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
Hercules| Big | Hercules | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | John Musker, Ron Clements |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Amanda Plummer, Danny DeVito, Hal Holbrook |
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.
Hercules
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!