A Better Life vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for A Better Life). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. A Better Life is the older of the two (2011 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Better Life
Hair of the Bear| A Better Life | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Chris Weitz | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Joaquín Cosío, Nancy Lenehan, Tim Griffin | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
A Better Life
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
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