Green Book vs The Squid and the Whale

Green Book has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7/10 for The Squid and the Whale). The Squid and the Whale is the shorter watch at 1h 21m compared with 2h 10m. The Squid and the Whale is the older of the two (2005 against 2018). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Green Book posterGreen Book2018 VS The Squid and the Whale posterThe Squid and the Whale2005
Green BookThe Squid and the Whale
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 7.0/10
Year20182005
Length2h 10m1h 21m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorPeter FarrellyNoah Baumbach
Main castSebastian Maniscalco, Viggo Mortensen, P.J. Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Joe CorteseAnna Paquin, Laura Linney, Halley Feiffer, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg

Synopsis

Green Book

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

The Squid and the Whale

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

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