About a Boy vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.7/10 for About a Boy). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 41m. About a Boy is the older of the two (2002 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
About a Boy
What We Wanted to Be| About a Boy | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Augustus Prew, Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
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.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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