Friends with Benefits vs Love's Second Act
Love's Second Act has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Friends with Benefits). Love's Second Act is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 50m. Friends with Benefits is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Friends with Benefits
Love's Second Act| Friends with Benefits | Love's Second Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance, TV Movie |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Will Gluck | Sam Irvin |
| Main cast | Jenna Elfman, Patricia Clarkson, Courtney Henggeler, Richard Jenkins, Catherine Reitman | Tilky Jones, J.P. Manoux, George Wendt, Ann Hagemann, Meredith VanCuyk |
Synopsis
Friends with Benefits
Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.
Love's Second Act
Jamie is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after a studio buys the pitch. She finds it in ex-boyfriend, Nick, who still works at the small town movie theater where they both first fell in love.
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