Big vs Mind Game
Mind Game has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Big). Mind Game is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2004). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
Mind Game| Big | Mind Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi |
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.
Mind Game
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.