Merrily We Roll Along vs Oh! What a Lovely War
Merrily We Roll Along has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.6/10 for Oh! What a Lovely War). Oh! What a Lovely War is the shorter watch at 2h 24m compared with 2h 25m. Oh! What a Lovely War is the older of the two (1969 against 2025). Both are comedy, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Merrily We Roll Along
Oh! What a Lovely War| Merrily We Roll Along | Oh! What a Lovely War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1969 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 2h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Music | Comedy, Music, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Maria Friedman | Richard Attenborough |
| Main cast | Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, Reg Rogers, Krystal Joy Brown, Lindsay Mendez | Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Maurice Roëves |
Synopsis
Merrily We Roll Along
Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today. A live recording of the 2024 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical…
Oh! What a Lovely War
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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