Lovely Complex vs Misfit
Misfit has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.5/10 for Lovely Complex). Misfit is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 39m. Lovely Complex is the older of the two (2006 against 2021). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lovely Complex
Misfit| Lovely Complex | Misfit | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Kitaji Ishikawa | Orlando Herrera |
| Main cast | Ema Fujisawa, Teppei Koike, Nami Tamaki, Risa Kudo, Susumu Terajima | Javier Luna, Alicia Jaziz Zapién, Julián Cerati, Gimena Gómez, Raysa Ortiz |
Synopsis
Lovely Complex
Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa, a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani, a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. Obviously these two would make the oddest of couples and would never be a good match for each other right?
Misfit
Julia, a teenager from Latin America, has lived in the U.S. most of her life. She is popular, a successful Youtuber and wants to become prom queen. Everything changes abruptly when her family has to return to Ecuador. What will she have to face? Getting used to a new culture and a catholic high school will not be easy. The "gringa" becomes the target of "La Reinas", three popular bullies who rule the school. Julia is now a misfit who will have…
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