La La Land vs Saving Face

La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for Saving Face). Saving Face is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 2h 9m. Saving Face is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

La La Land posterLa La Land2016 VS Saving Face posterSaving Face2004
La La LandSaving Face
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 7.3/10
Year20162004
Length2h 9m1h 37m
GenresComedy, Drama, Music, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorDamien ChazelleAlice Wu
Main castRosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya MizunoJessica Hecht, Joan Chen, Ato Essandoh, Michelle Krusiec, Lynn Chen

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.

Saving Face

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

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