Finnegan's Foursome vs Theory of Achievement

Finnegan's Foursome has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.3/10 for Theory of Achievement). Theory of Achievement is the shorter watch at 18m compared with 2h 2m. Theory of Achievement is the older of the two (1991 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Finnegan's Foursome posterFinnegan's Foursome2026 VS Theory of Achievement posterTheory of Achievement1991
Finnegan's FoursomeTheory of Achievement
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 6.3/10
Year20261991
Length2h 2m18m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama
Country––
DirectorEdward BurnsHal Hartley
Main castIan McElhinney, Stuart Graham, Brian d'Arcy James, Edward Burns, Erica HernandezBill Sage, Nick Gomez, Elina Löwensohn, Bob Gosse, Jessica Sager

Synopsis

Finnegan's Foursome

Two middle aged brothers and their respective sons travel to Ireland to play the Finnegan Family's annual golf outing, where they distribute the ashes of the family patriarch

Theory of Achievement

This short film was packaged on video with Hartley's featurette "Surviving Desire." It affectionately examines the lives of a group of "young, middle-class, white, college-educated, unskilled, broke, drunk" Brooklynites who would love to make something of their lives -- assuming they can pay the rent first.

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