Dandelion vs The Rum Diary
Dandelion has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 5.9/10 for The Rum Diary). Dandelion is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 2h . The Rum Diary is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dandelion
The Rum Diary| Dandelion | The Rum Diary | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.2/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2011 |
| Length | 20m | 2h |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Fiona Obertinca | Bruce Robinson |
| Main cast | Ava Lalezarzadeh, Vic Michaelis, Kristin Carey, Lynn Allinger, Sarah Cortez | Amaury Nolasco, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Johnny Depp |
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 Rum Diary
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local San Juan newspaper run by the downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum-soaked lifestyle of the late ‘50s version of Hemingway’s 'The Lost Generation', Paul soon becomes entangled with a very attractive American woman and her fiancée, a…
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