Hair of the Bear vs My Own Private Idaho
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for My Own Private Idaho). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. My Own Private Idaho is the older of the two (1991 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
My Own Private Idaho| Hair of the Bear | My Own Private Idaho | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Gus Van Sant |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Keanu Reeves, Udo Kier, Flea, Mickey Cottrell, Grace Zabriskie |
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.
My Own Private Idaho
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
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