Boyhood vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Boyhood). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 46m. Boyhood is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boyhood
Dinner with Friends| Boyhood | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 46m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Richard Linklater | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Zoe Graham, Steven Chester Prince, Ellar Coltrane | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Boyhood
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Dinner with Friends
After the parties, jobs, and hook-ups throughout their twenties and into their thirties, eight friends are trying to hold on to their group as they get older and life gets complicated. Over a series of dinners, the group deals with loyalty, loss, and an uncertain future as relationships shift and secrets are unraveled, with each dinner bringing its own dynamic-shifting announcement of reconciliation, unexpected relationships, and betrayal. The…
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