Garden State vs La La Land
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.1/10 for Garden State). Garden State is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 9m. Garden State is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Garden State
La La Land| Garden State | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Zach Braff | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Jim Parsons, Method Man, Peter Sarsgaard, Ato Essandoh, Jean Smart | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
Garden State
Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
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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