Hair of the Bear vs The Novice

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for The Novice). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 34m. The Novice is the older of the two (2021 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026 VS The Novice posterThe Novice2021
Hair of the BearThe Novice
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.4/10
Year20262021
Length1h 32m1h 34m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama
CountryCanadaUnited States of America
DirectorAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellanLauren Hadaway
Main castMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan LawrenceNeil Babcock, Amy Forsyth, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jonathan Cherry, Nikki Duval

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.

The Novice

A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

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