As Good as It Gets vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for As Good as It Gets). La La Land is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 19m. As Good as It Gets is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
As Good as It Gets
La La Land| As Good as It Gets | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | James L. Brooks | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Greg Kinnear, Yeardley Smith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Hunt, Skeet Ulrich | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
As Good as It Gets
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat…
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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