Big vs Irish Wish
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.1/10 for Irish Wish). Irish Wish is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2024). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
Irish Wish| Big | Irish Wish | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Janeen Damian |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Ed Speleers, Lindsay Lohan, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan |
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.
Irish Wish
Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.