La La Land vs Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day). Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 9m. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is the older of the two (2008 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

La La Land posterLa La Land2016 VS Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day posterMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day2008
La La LandMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 6.8/10
Year20162008
Length2h 9m1h 32m
GenresComedy, Drama, Music, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorDamien ChazelleBharat Nalluri
Main castRosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya MizunoMark Strong, Amy Adams, Frances McDormand, Beatie Edney, Shirley Henderson

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.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

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