Love Jones vs Sing Street
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.4/10 for Love Jones). Sing Street is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 48m. Love Jones is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Jones
Sing Street| Love Jones | Sing Street | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Theodore Witcher | John Carney |
| Main cast | Larenz Tate, Isaiah Washington, Nia Long, Leonard Roberts, Marie-Françoise Theodore | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy |
Synopsis
Love Jones
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
Sing Street
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
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