Hector and the Search for Happiness vs Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 54m. Hector and the Search for Happiness is the older of the two (2014 against 2016). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hunt for the Wilderpeople| Hector and the Search for Happiness | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Chelsom | Taika Waititi |
| Main cast | Ming Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean Reno | Rachel House, Sam Neill, Taika Waititi, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Kightley |
Synopsis
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
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