Man About Town vs Sing Street
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 4.5/10 for Man About Town). Man About Town is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 45m. Man About Town is the older of the two (1939 against 2016). Both are comedy, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Man About Town
Sing Street| Man About Town | Sing Street | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.5/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1939 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mark Sandrich | John Carney |
| Main cast | Monty Woolley, Cecil Kellaway, Norman Ainsley, Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy |
Synopsis
Man About Town
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.
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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