Footloose vs Ruth & Boaz
Ruth & Boaz has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.6/10 for Footloose). Ruth & Boaz is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 53m. Footloose is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Footloose
Ruth & Boaz| Footloose | Ruth & Boaz | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance | Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Craig Brewer | Alanna Brown |
| Main cast | Kim Dickens, Dennis Quaid, Patrick John Flueger, Ray McKinnon, Miles Teller | Gregory Alan Williams, Phylicia Rashād, Jim Gleason, Tyler Lepley, Walnette Marie Santiago |
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.
Ruth & Boaz
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
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