Beginners vs Cousins
Cousins has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.8/10 for Beginners). Cousins is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 45m. Beginners is the older of the two (2011 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beginners
Cousins| Beginners | Cousins | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mike Mills | Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado |
| Main cast | Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Goran Višnjić, Mélanie Laurent, Kai Lennox | Thiago Cazado, Paulo Sousa, Juliana Zancanaro, Denis Camargo, Eduarda Esteves |
Synopsis
Beginners
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
Cousins
Lucas is a young man who lives with his religious aunt Lourdes in a quiet country town. He helps his aunt by holding religious meetings with the ladies of the area, in the living room, playing biblical songs on the keyboard. This quiet life will end as soon as the charitable aunt communicates the arrival of another nephew, Mario, just out of jail. The clash of reality between the cousins ends up causing unusual situations, and an unexpected…
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