About a Boy vs Love Exposure
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for About a Boy). About a Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 3h 57m. About a Boy is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
About a Boy
Love Exposure| About a Boy | Love Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 3h 57m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Sion Sono |
| Main cast | Augustus Prew, Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka |
Synopsis
About a Boy
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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