Forgetting Sarah Marshall vs La La Land

La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 9m. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall posterForgetting Sarah Marshall2008 VS La La Land posterLa La Land2016
Forgetting Sarah MarshallLa La Land
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.9/10
Year20082016
Length1h 51m2h 9m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country–United States of America
DirectorNicholas StollerDamien Chazelle
Main castKristen Bell, Jason Segel, Jason Bateman, Bill Hader, Mila KunisRosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno

Synopsis

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

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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