Footloose vs Sing Street
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Footloose). Sing Street is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 53m. Footloose is the older of the two (2011 against 2016). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Footloose
Sing Street| Footloose | Sing Street | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Craig Brewer | John Carney |
| Main cast | Kim Dickens, Dennis Quaid, Patrick John Flueger, Ray McKinnon, Miles Teller | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy |
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.
Sing Street
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
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