Greenberg vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.9/10 for Greenberg). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 47m. Greenberg is the older of the two (2010 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Greenberg
What We Wanted to Be| Greenberg | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Noah Baumbach | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rhys Ifans, Chris Messina, Mark Duplass | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Greenberg
Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—until his brother's assistant, Florence, comes to his rescue. She's as much a lost soul as he is, and the pair form a significant connection—giving Roger a much-needed reason to be happy.
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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