Hairspray vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.7/10 for Hairspray). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 57m. Hairspray is the older of the two (2007 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hairspray
What We Wanted to Be| Hairspray | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Adam Shankman | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | James Marsden, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, John Travolta | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Hairspray
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
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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