My Week with Maisy vs The Living Wake
My Week with Maisy has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for The Living Wake). My Week with Maisy is the shorter watch at 18m compared with 1h 31m. The Living Wake is the older of the two (2007 against 2024). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| My Week with Maisy | The Living Wake | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.9/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2007 |
| Length | 18m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Mika Simmons | Sol Tryon |
| Main cast | MyAnna Buring, Joanna Lumley, Poppy Gilbert, Ellie-Mae Siame, Adrian Christopher | Jim Gaffigan, Diane Kagan, Jesse Eisenberg, Ann Dowd, Matthew Cowles |
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 Living Wake
A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered rickshaw. In a final attempt to probe life’s deepest mysteries, Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his day with a final performance, his living wake. On a makeshift stage in an open field, Binew’s…
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