Big vs The Secret Garden
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.3/10 for The Secret Garden). The Secret Garden is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2020). Both are drama, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
The Secret Garden| Big | The Secret Garden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Marc Munden |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Rupert Young, Amir Wilson, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Jemma Powell |
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 Secret Garden
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
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