Being John Smith vs Pavements
Pavements has the higher audience score (7/10 against 6.7/10 for Being John Smith). Being John Smith is the shorter watch at 27m compared with 2h 8m. Being John Smith is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are comedy, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Being John Smith
Pavements| Being John Smith | Pavements | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 27m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Comedy, Documentary | Comedy, Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Smith | Alex Ross Perry |
| Main cast | – | Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Michael Esper, Fred Hechinger, Nat Wolff |
Synopsis
Being John Smith
Being John Smith is a deceptively wry and deeply felt work by the English avant-garde legend, in which Smith reflects on his life and career by way of his generic name, grappling with his own mortality and legacy, through a minimal, unassuming deployment of text, image, and voice.
Pavements
'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musical adaptation of their songs, a museum devoted entirely to the band’s legacy, and a shamelessly awards-baiting Hollywood biopic.
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