Flowers for Algernon vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for Flowers for Algernon). Flowers for Algernon is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 32m. Flowers for Algernon is the older of the two (2000 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flowers for Algernon
Hair of the Bear| Flowers for Algernon | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Jeff Bleckner | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Ron Rifkin, Matthew Modine, Kelli Williams, Bonnie Bedelia, Gloria Slade | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
Flowers for Algernon
Charlie Gordon is mentally handicapped and all he wants in life is to be a genius. When he gets picked for experimental surgery it looks like his dream may finally come true. But the surgery has side effects that could could kill Charlie. Can Charlie survive being just plain old "Charlie Gordon" and will his newfound romance survive this test of character?
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
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