A Bag of Marbles vs Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.8/10 for A Bag of Marbles). A Bag of Marbles is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 1h 57m. Full Metal Jacket is the older of the two (1987 against 2017). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| A Bag of Marbles | Full Metal Jacket | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 1987 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christian Duguay | Stanley Kubrick |
| Main cast | Elsa Zylberstein, Christian Clavier, Bernard Campan, Émile Berling, César Domboy | Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Ross |
Synopsis
A Bag of Marbles
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of…
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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