Garden State vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Garden State). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 42m. Garden State is the older of the two (2004 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Garden State
What We Wanted to Be| Garden State | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Zach Braff | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Jim Parsons, Method Man, Peter Sarsgaard, Ato Essandoh, Jean Smart | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
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.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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