Paterson vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Paterson). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 58m. Paterson is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Paterson
What We Wanted to Be| Paterson | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Jim Jarmusch | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Method Man, Jaden Michael, Adam Driver, Luis Da Silva, Jr., William Jackson Harper | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Paterson
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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