Love Exposure vs Maid in Manhattan
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.1/10 for Maid in Manhattan). Maid in Manhattan is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 3h 57m. Maid in Manhattan is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
Maid in Manhattan| Love Exposure | Maid in Manhattan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.1/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2002 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Wayne Wang |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Amy Sedaris, Tyler Posey, Frances Conroy, Ralph Fiennes, Priscilla Lopez |
Synopsis
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.
Maid in Manhattan
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two…
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