Dinner with Friends vs The Joy of Things
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for The Joy of Things). The Joy of Things is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 36m. The Joy of Things is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dinner with Friends
The Joy of Things| Dinner with Friends | The Joy of Things | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Sasha Leigh Henry | Thais Fujinaga |
| Main cast | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell | Saravy, Magali Biff, Messias Góis, Lavinia Castelari, Sérgio da Conceição |
Synopsis
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…
The Joy of Things
In a small Brazilian seaside town we follow the efforts of Paula, who is pregnant of her third child, to build a pool in her humble beach house, so the family can enjoy the rest of their vacation. Financial difficulties will interrupt the work and reveal certain aspects of a tense family routine, full of small frustrations.
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