L!fe Happens vs Love Exposure

Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.5/10 for L!fe Happens). L!fe Happens is the shorter watch at 1h 40m 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.

L!fe Happens posterL!fe Happens2011 VS Love Exposure posterLove Exposure2009
L!fe HappensLove Exposure
Audience score★ 5.5/10★ 8.0/10
Year20112009
Length1h 40m3h 57m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceAction, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country–Japan
DirectorKat CoiroSion Sono
Main castKrysten Ritter, Justin Kirk, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Johnston, Jason BiggsHikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka

Synopsis

L!fe Happens

A comedy centered on two best friends, Kim and Deena, who fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after Kim gets pregnant and has a baby.

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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