La La Land vs Melinda and Melinda
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.2/10 for Melinda and Melinda). Melinda and Melinda is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. Melinda and Melinda is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
La La Land
Melinda and Melinda| La La Land | Melinda and Melinda | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Damien Chazelle | Woody Allen |
| Main cast | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno | Josh Brolin, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell |
Synopsis
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Melinda and Melinda
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close…
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