Mother's Elling vs The Intouchables

The Intouchables has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 5.7/10 for Mother's Elling). Mother's Elling is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 53m. Mother's Elling is the older of the two (2003 against 2011). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mother's Elling posterMother's Elling2003 VS The Intouchables posterThe Intouchables2011
Mother's EllingThe Intouchables
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 8.3/10
Year20032011
Length1h 18m1h 53m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama
Country––
DirectorEva IsaksenÉric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Main castHenriette Steenstrup, Per Christian Ellefsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Per Schaanning, Grete NordråOmar Sy, François Caron, François Cluzet, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot

Synopsis

Mother's Elling

Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly…

The Intouchables

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

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