My Week with Maisy vs The Descendants
My Week with Maisy has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for The Descendants). My Week with Maisy is the shorter watch at 18m compared with 1h 55m. The Descendants is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Week with Maisy
The Descendants| My Week with Maisy | The Descendants | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2011 |
| Length | 18m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Mika Simmons | Alexander Payne |
| Main cast | MyAnna Buring, Joanna Lumley, Poppy Gilbert, Ellie-Mae Siame, Adrian Christopher | George Clooney, Michael Ontkean, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Matt Corboy |
Synopsis
My Week with Maisy
Mrs Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs, is to have to share the treatment room with a 'know it all child' who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy Jones gives Mrs Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope.
The Descendants
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
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