Love Exposure vs The Mexican
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.9/10 for The Mexican). The Mexican is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 3h 57m. The Mexican is the older of the two (2001 against 2009). Both are action, comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
The Mexican| Love Exposure | The Mexican | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2001 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Gore Verbinski |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | David Krumholtz, Bob Balaban, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Gene Hackman |
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 Mexican
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
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