Larry Crowne vs Love Exposure

Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6/10 for Larry Crowne). Larry Crowne is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2011). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Larry Crowne posterLarry Crowne2011 VS Love Exposure posterLove Exposure2009
Larry CrowneLove Exposure
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 8.0/10
Year20112009
Length1h 38m3h 57m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceAction, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country–Japan
DirectorTom HanksSion Sono
Main castBryan Cranston, George Takei, Grace Gummer, Taraji P. Henson, Rami MalekHikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka

Synopsis

Larry Crowne

When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

Love Exposure

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

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