Badland vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Badland). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 45m. Badland is the older of the two (2007 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Badland
The French Italian| Badland | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Francesco Lucente | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Joe Morton, Jamie Draven, Grace Caroline Currey, Dennis Corrie, Tom Carey | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Badland
Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of him and his wife, Nora (Vinessa Shaw), unsympathetic and unhappy. When Jerry discovers that…
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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