Love Exposure vs The Christmas Thief
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 4.7/10 for The Christmas Thief). The Christmas Thief is the shorter watch at 1h 25m 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.
Love Exposure
The Christmas Thief| Love Exposure | The Christmas Thief | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 4.7/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2021 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 25m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Danny Salles |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Vivica A. Fox, Michelle Borth, Jarrid Masse, Rachel Cerda, Leigh Foster |
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.
The Christmas Thief
Lana Lawton, a fledgling private eye home for the holidays, realizes the only way to save her career is by solving a string of local burglaries where the main suspect is Santa Claus. With little evidence and having to contend with a local detective with an investigative style that clashes with hers, the season may prove to be anything but holly and jolly.
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