Beginners vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Beginners). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 45m. Beginners is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beginners
What We Wanted to Be| Beginners | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Mike Mills | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Goran Višnjić, Mélanie Laurent, Kai Lennox | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
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.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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