La La Land vs The Next Best Thing
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 5.3/10 for The Next Best Thing). The Next Best Thing is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 9m. The Next Best Thing is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
La La Land
The Next Best Thing| La La Land | The Next Best Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Damien Chazelle | John Schlesinger |
| Main cast | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno | Neil Patrick Harris, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Josef Sommer, Madonna |
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.
The Next Best Thing
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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