Given vs Ray
Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.4/10 for Ray). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 2h 32m. Ray is the older of the two (2004 against 2020). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Given
Ray| Given | Ray | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h | 2h 32m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance | Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hikaru Yamaguchi | Taylor Hackford |
| Main cast | Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro Asanuma | Richard Schiff, David Krumholtz, Larenz Tate, Kerry Washington, Harry Lennix |
Synopsis
Given
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
Ray
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.