Grow vs Up
Up has the higher audience score (8/10 against 4.3/10 for Grow). Up is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 55m. Up is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are comedy, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grow
Up| Grow | Up | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.3/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Comedy, Family | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John McPhail | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Jeremy Swift, Nick Frost, Golda Rosheuvel, Tim McInnerny, Jane Horrocks | David Kaye, Delroy Lindo, Christopher Plummer, Jess Harnell, Ed Asner |
Synopsis
Grow
In the self-proclaimed ‘Pumpkin Capital of the World’, no-nonsense curmudgeonly farmer Dinah Little takes in her estranged niece Charlie, who decides to enter the local pumpkin growing competition where she and the other growers face fierce competition, sabotage, and a genetically engineered rival.
Up
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.