Footloose vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Footloose). Footloose is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 9m. Footloose is the older of the two (2011 against 2016). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Footloose
La La Land| Footloose | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Craig Brewer | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Kim Dickens, Dennis Quaid, Patrick John Flueger, Ray McKinnon, Miles Teller | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
Footloose
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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