Long Story Short vs Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Long Story Short). Long Story Short is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 44m. Ruby Sparks is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Long Story Short
Ruby Sparks| Long Story Short | Ruby Sparks | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Josh Lawson | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris |
| Main cast | Ronny Chieng, Rafe Spall, Josh Lawson, Dena Kaplan, Noni Hazlehurst | Wallace Langham, Toni Trucks, Paul Dano, Alia Shawkat, Deborah Ann Woll |
Synopsis
Long Story Short
Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that he's jumped forward a year in his life to his first anniversary. Trapped in an endless cycle of time jumps, transported another year ahead every few minutes, he is faced with a race against time as his life crumbles around him.
Ruby Sparks
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
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