Licorice Pizza vs Love Exposure

Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7/10 for Licorice Pizza). Licorice Pizza is the shorter watch at 2h 13m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2021). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Licorice Pizza posterLicorice Pizza2021 VS Love Exposure posterLove Exposure2009
Licorice PizzaLove Exposure
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 8.0/10
Year20212009
Length2h 13m3h 57m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceAction, Comedy, Drama, Romance
CountryCanadaJapan
DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonSion Sono
Main castBradley Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Harriet Sansom Harris, Skyler Gisondo, John Michael HigginsHikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka

Synopsis

Licorice Pizza

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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.

Where to watch

Where to watch Licorice PizzaWhere to watch Love Exposure

More like Licorice Pizza · More like Love Exposure · Compare other titles