Bend It Like Beckham vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.3/10 for Bend It Like Beckham). Bend It Like Beckham is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 9m. Bend It Like Beckham is the older of the two (2002 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bend It Like Beckham
La La Land| Bend It Like Beckham | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Gurinder Chadha | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keira Knightley, Archie Panjabi, Juliet Stevenson, Frank Harper | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
Bend It Like Beckham
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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