Big vs TiMER
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.3/10 for TiMER). TiMER is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 44m. Big is the older of the two (1988 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
TiMER| Big | TiMER | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Jac Schaeffer |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Desmond Harrington, Mark Harelik, Kali Rocha, John Ingle, John Patrick Amedori |
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.
TiMER
When implanted in a person's wrist, a TiMER counts down to the day the wearer finds true love. But Oona O'Leary faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate - whoever and wherever he is - has yet to have a TiMER implanted. Staring down the barrel of thirty and tired of waiting for her would-be life partner to get off the dime, Oona breaks her own rules and falls for Mikey, a charming and inappropriately young supermarket clerk with a…