My Best Friend's Girl vs The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.6/10 for My Best Friend's Girl). My Best Friend's Girl is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 52m. My Best Friend's Girl is the older of the two (2008 against 2026). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

My Best Friend's Girl posterMy Best Friend's Girl2008 VS The Love Hypothesis posterThe Love Hypothesis2026
My Best Friend's GirlThe Love Hypothesis
Audience score★ 5.6/10★ 8.1/10
Year20082026
Length1h 41m1h 52m
GenresComedy, RomanceComedy, Romance
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorHoward DeutchClaire Scanlon
Main castMalcolm Barrett, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Hudson, Alec Baldwin, Jason BiggsLili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay

Synopsis

My Best Friend's Girl

Lovestruck Dustin is dating Alexis, his ideal girlfriend, but when she dumps him for coming on too strong, Dustin takes drastic measures to win her back. He asks his best friend Tank to take her on the worst rebound date imaginable - his side job - so that she will come running back to him, and Tank reluctantly agrees. However, Alexis is more than a match for Tank's shock tactics and he begins to really fall for her, leaving him torn between…

The Love Hypothesis

Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate, and Dr. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot professor and well-known tyrant, enter into a fake relationship, seeing each of their carefully calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.

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