Playing It Cool vs The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.9/10 for Playing It Cool). Playing It Cool is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 52m. Playing It Cool is the older of the two (2014 against 2026). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Playing It Cool posterPlaying It Cool2014 VS The Love Hypothesis posterThe Love Hypothesis2026
Playing It CoolThe Love Hypothesis
Audience score★ 5.9/10★ 8.1/10
Year20142026
Length1h 34m1h 52m
GenresComedy, RomanceComedy, Romance
Country–United States of America
DirectorJustin ReardonClaire Scanlon
Main castAubrey Plaza, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Mackie, Martin Starr, Michelle MonaghanLili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay

Synopsis

Playing It Cool

A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.

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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