Hector and the Search for Happiness vs Last Holiday

Last Holiday has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). Last Holiday is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 1h 54m. Last Holiday is the older of the two (2006 against 2014). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hector and the Search for Happiness posterHector and the Search for Happiness2014 VS Last Holiday posterLast Holiday2006
Hector and the Search for HappinessLast Holiday
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 7.2/10
Year20142006
Length1h 54m1h 52m
GenresAdventure, Comedy, DramaAdventure, Comedy, Drama
Country–United States of America
DirectorPeter ChelsomWayne Wang
Main castMing Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean RenoLL Cool J, Giancarlo Esposito, Timothy Hutton, Matt Ross, Queen Latifah

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…

Last Holiday

The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is…

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