Inventing the Abbotts vs Wonderful Nightmare

Wonderful Nightmare has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.3/10 for Inventing the Abbotts). Inventing the Abbotts is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 2m. Inventing the Abbotts is the older of the two (1997 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Inventing the Abbotts posterInventing the Abbotts1997 VS Wonderful Nightmare posterWonderful Nightmare2026
Inventing the AbbottsWonderful Nightmare
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.5/10
Year19972026
Length1h 50m2h 2m
GenresDrama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
Country–Philippines
DirectorPat O'ConnorRC Delos Reyes
Main castLiv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Baker, Shawn Hatosy, Will PattonQuinn Carrillo, Candy Pangilinan, TJ Valderrama, Denise Esteban, Benj Manalo

Synopsis

Inventing the Abbotts

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.

Wonderful Nightmare

It follows a high-flying, career-driven lawyer who dies prematurely due to a clerical error in heaven.

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