Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Shape of Something Squashed
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for The Shape of Something Squashed). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 45m. The Shape of Something Squashed is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
The Shape of Something Squashed| Fireflies at El Mozote | The Shape of Something Squashed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Tom Noonan |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Tom Noonan, Talia Lugacy, Grant Varjas, Monique Vukovic |
Synopsis
Fireflies at El Mozote
During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.
The Shape of Something Squashed
Tom Noonan's play-turned-film 'What Happened Was...' won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature in 1994. Now, 20 years later, Noonan has returned to his roots with the SHAPE of SOMETHING SQUASHED, an independent film developed from his latest theatrical hit. It tells the story of an older 'has been' actor who is asked to participate in a read-through of a play at a legendary theater company. The production depends on the…
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