Joy to the World vs Love's Second Act
Love's Second Act has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.9/10 for Joy to the World). Joy to the World is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 30m. Love's Second Act is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joy to the World
Love's Second Act| Joy to the World | Love's Second Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance, TV Movie |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Jerry Ciccoritti | Sam Irvin |
| Main cast | Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chad Michael Murray, Ayesha Curry, Daniel Kash, Marty Moreau | Tilky Jones, J.P. Manoux, George Wendt, Ann Hagemann, Meredith VanCuyk |
Synopsis
Joy to the World
Lifestyle guru Joy Edwards - whose cookbooks feature her perfect home life and family - is horrified when a TV network decides to film Christmas dinner at her fabled, but fabricated, country home. Now, she must recruit her best friend Max to pose as her fake husband for the cameras - but they both discover something real along the way.
Love's Second Act
Jamie is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after a studio buys the pitch. She finds it in ex-boyfriend, Nick, who still works at the small town movie theater where they both first fell in love.
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