Adaptation. vs American Wages
Adaptation. has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 3/10 for American Wages). American Wages is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 55m. Adaptation. is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are comedy, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Adaptation.
American Wages| Adaptation. | American Wages | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 3.0/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Comedy, Crime, Drama | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Spike Jonze | Daniel Saltarin |
| Main cast | Doug Jones, Jim Beaver, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Nicolas Cage | Mike Ackerman, Veronica Cinibulk, Andy Granger, Jamie Marshall, Orla Diamantino |
Synopsis
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
American Wages
One day, a struggling couple, Jack and Ashley, notice a truck stopped in their driveway with a dying man and duffel bags filled with a life changing amount of cash, leading them to grapple with moral dilemmas and dangerous consequences as they attempt to change their lives. Their decision to keep the money intertwines their fate with the suspicions of Sheriff Dolion and the menacing forces of the local criminal underworld, escalating tensions…
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