Merrily We Roll Along vs Soul Men
Merrily We Roll Along has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.2/10 for Soul Men). Soul Men is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 25m. Soul Men is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are comedy, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Merrily We Roll Along | Soul Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Music | Comedy, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Maria Friedman | Malcolm D. Lee |
| Main cast | Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, Reg Rogers, Krystal Joy Brown, Lindsay Mendez | Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Coolidge, Mike Epps, Isaac Hayes, Sean Hayes |
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…
Soul Men
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as a new singer.
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