Love, Simon vs Melinda and Melinda
Love, Simon has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.2/10 for Melinda and Melinda). Melinda and Melinda is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 50m. Melinda and Melinda is the older of the two (2004 against 2018). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love, Simon
Melinda and Melinda| Love, Simon | Melinda and Melinda | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Greg Berlanti | Woody Allen |
| Main cast | Miles Heizer, Drew Starkey, Tony Hale, Natasha Rothwell, Josh Duhamel | Josh Brolin, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell |
Synopsis
Love, Simon
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
Melinda and Melinda
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close…
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