Love Exposure vs The Wackness
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.4/10 for The Wackness). The Wackness is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 3h 57m. The Wackness is the older of the two (2008 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
The Wackness| Love Exposure | The Wackness | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2008 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Jonathan Levine |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Method Man, Famke Janssen, Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Jane Adams |
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 Wackness
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
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