Happiness for Beginners vs Love Exposure
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.1/10 for Happiness for Beginners). Happiness for Beginners is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Happiness for Beginners
Love Exposure| Happiness for Beginners | Love Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 3h 57m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Vicky Wight | Sion Sono |
| Main cast | Luke Grimes, Gus Birney, Alexander Koch, Blythe Danner, Ellie Kemper | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka |
Synopsis
Happiness for Beginners
At a crossroads after her divorce, a schoolteacher ventures toward a fresh start in life — and love — when she signs up for a grueling group hiking trip.
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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