Garden State vs Love Exposure
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.1/10 for Garden State). Garden State is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 3h 57m. Garden State is the older of the two (2004 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Garden State
Love Exposure| Garden State | Love Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 3h 57m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Zach Braff | Sion Sono |
| Main cast | Jim Parsons, Method Man, Peter Sarsgaard, Ato Essandoh, Jean Smart | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka |
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.
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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