Big vs Lovesick
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.7/10 for Lovesick). Lovesick is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 44m. Lovesick is the older of the two (1983 against 1988). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
Lovesick| Big | Lovesick | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1983 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Marshall Brickman |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Elizabeth McGovern, Christine Baranski, David Strathairn, Wallace Shawn, Renée Taylor |
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.
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.