Almost Us vs Desperate But Not Serious

Almost Us has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for Desperate But Not Serious). Desperate But Not Serious is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 42m. Desperate But Not Serious is the older of the two (2000 against 2026). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Almost Us posterAlmost Us2026 VS Desperate But Not Serious posterDesperate But Not Serious2000
Almost UsDesperate But Not Serious
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 4.9/10
Year20262000
Length1h 42m1h 34m
GenresComedy, RomanceComedy
Country––
DirectorDan VillegasBill Fishman
Main castDustin Yu, Fyang Smith, JM Ibarra, Lotlot Bustamante, Yukii TakahashiPatton Oswalt, John Corbett, Paget Brewster, Christine Taylor, Claudia Schiffer

Synopsis

Almost Us

RR has always been in love with his best friend, Janine. But she's infatuated with Kenzo, the star of her own fan fiction. When he finds a way for Janine to meet Kenzo, will he risk his own happiness just for her to have her own happiness?

Desperate But Not Serious

Lily is a twenty-something aspiring writer who receives an invitation to attend a wedding reception with Jonathan, a handsome entomologist who also happens to be the man of her dreams. The only problem is that she's in San Francisco and the wedding is in L.A. Lily is therefore forced to enlist the aid of her friend Frances, an unrepentant party girl who has the L.A. nightclub scene wired. Their plans are completely derailed when they…

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