On Borrowed Time vs Shortcut to Happiness
On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 5.6/10 for Shortcut to Happiness). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 42m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2007). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On Borrowed Time
Shortcut to Happiness| On Borrowed Time | Shortcut to Happiness | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 1939 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Harold S. Bucquet | Alec Baldwin |
| Main cast | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel | Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alec Baldwin, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Poehler |
Synopsis
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
Shortcut to Happiness
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals…
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