Hope Floats vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for Hope Floats). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 54m. Hope Floats is the older of the two (1998 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hope Floats
What We Wanted to Be| Hope Floats | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Forest Whitaker | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Mae Whitman, Kathy Najimy, Michael Paré, Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr. | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Hope Floats
Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.
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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