Going the Distance vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Going the Distance). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 42m. Going the Distance is the older of the two (2010 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Going the Distance
What We Wanted to Be| Going the Distance | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Nanette Burstein | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Jason Sudeikis, Ron Livingston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kelli Garner, Leighton Meester | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Going the Distance
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.
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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