Laggies vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Laggies). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 40m. Laggies is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Laggies
What We Wanted to Be| Laggies | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | Argentina |
| Director | Lynn Shelton | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Gretchen Mol, Keira Knightley, Daniel Zovatto, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Laggies
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to…
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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