Hair of the Bear vs Holding the Man
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Holding the Man). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 8m. Holding the Man is the older of the two (2015 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
Holding the Man| Hair of the Bear | Holding the Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Neil Armfield |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Corr |
Synopsis
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
Holding the Man
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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