Lars and the Real Girl vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Lars and the Real Girl). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 46m. Lars and the Real Girl is the older of the two (2007 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lars and the Real Girl
What We Wanted to Be| Lars and the Real Girl | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Craig Gillespie | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner, Karen Robinson, Emily Mortimer, Ryan Gosling | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Lars and the Real Girl
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
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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