Maid in Manhattan vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.1/10 for Maid in Manhattan). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 45m. Maid in Manhattan is the older of the two (2002 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maid in Manhattan
What We Wanted to Be| Maid in Manhattan | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Wayne Wang | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Amy Sedaris, Tyler Posey, Frances Conroy, Ralph Fiennes, Priscilla Lopez | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Maid in Manhattan
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two…
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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