Blues for Willadean vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.5/10 for Blues for Willadean). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. Blues for Willadean is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blues for Willadean
Hair of the Bear| Blues for Willadean | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | US | Canada |
| Director | Del Shores | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Octavia Spencer, Dale Dickey, David Steen, Beth Grant, Andrea Cohen | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
Blues for Willadean
The film adaptation of Del Shores' hit play. Under the thumb of her abusive husband, post-middle age Willadean feels life has passed her by until she makes some unlikely friends. Del Shores adapts this uplifting story from his play "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife."
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
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