Hector and the Search for Happiness vs The Solitary Gourmet
The Solitary Gourmet has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.7/10 for Hector and the Search for Happiness). The Solitary Gourmet is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 1h 54m. Hector and the Search for Happiness is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are adventure, comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hector and the Search for Happiness
The Solitary Gourmet| Hector and the Search for Happiness | The Solitary Gourmet | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Chelsom | Yutaka Matsushige |
| Main cast | Ming Zhao, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Jean Reno | Kenichi Endo, Yutaka Matsushige, Sansei Shiomi, Yoo Jae-myung, Joe Odagiri |
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…
The Solitary Gourmet
Upon receiving a message from an old friend’s daughter, Goro arrives in Paris and learns of the elderly man’s wish to taste a particular soup he had in his childhood before he dies. Deciding to help, Goro sets out on a quest to find this mysterious soup, traveling through Japan, braving a storm, and even ending up in South Korea.
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