Big vs The Healer
Big and The Healer are tied on audience score (7.2/10). Big is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 1h 53m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2017). Both are comedy, drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
The Healer| Big | The Healer | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Family |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Paco Arango |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Jonathan Pryce, Jorge Garcia, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Camilla Luddington, Adrian G. Griffiths |
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.
The Healer
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.