Love Exposure vs Paterson
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.1/10 for Paterson). Paterson is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
Paterson| Love Exposure | Paterson | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2016 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Jim Jarmusch |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Method Man, Jaden Michael, Adam Driver, Luis Da Silva, Jr., William Jackson Harper |
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.
Paterson
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
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