As Good as It Gets vs Love Exposure
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.4/10 for As Good as It Gets). As Good as It Gets is the shorter watch at 2h 19m compared with 3h 57m. As Good as It Gets is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
As Good as It Gets
Love Exposure| As Good as It Gets | Love Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2009 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 3h 57m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | James L. Brooks | Sion Sono |
| Main cast | Greg Kinnear, Yeardley Smith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Hunt, Skeet Ulrich | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka |
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…
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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