Dandelion vs The Barbarian Invasions

Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 7.1/10 for The Barbarian Invasions). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 39m. The Barbarian Invasions is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dandelion posterDandelion2025 VS The Barbarian Invasions posterThe Barbarian Invasions2003
DandelionThe Barbarian Invasions
Audience score★ 9.2/10★ 7.1/10
Year20252003
Length20m1h 39m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorFiona ObertincaDenys Arcand
Main castAva Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah CortezYves Jacques, Marina Hands, Sophie Lorain, Marie-Josée Croze, Rémy Girard

Synopsis

Dandelion

In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn. At odds and forced to travel the city together, Margaret realizes that running may not be her only option.

The Barbarian Invasions

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the…

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