Big vs Never on the First Night

Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.1/10 for Never on the First Night). Never on the First Night is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2014). Both are comedy, family, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Big posterBig1988 VS Never on the First Night posterNever on the First Night2014
BigNever on the First Night
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 5.1/10
Year19882014
Length1h 44m1h 31m
GenresComedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, RomanceComedy, Family, Romance
Country–France
DirectorPenny MarshallMélissa Drigeard
Main castTom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth PerkinsFrédérique Tirmont, Grégory Fitoussi, Pascal Demolon, Jean-Paul Rouve, Julien Boisselier

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.

Never on the First Night

Julie, a woman who is unlucky in love despite her bubbly demeanor. Her job at a bookstore takes an interesting twist when she discovers a book titled "Happiness Can Be Learned," and she sets out to fix her love life once and for all.

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