Secretary vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Secretary). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 51m. Secretary is the older of the two (2002 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Secretary
What We Wanted to Be| Secretary | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 51m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Steven Shainberg | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Jeremy Davies, James Spader, Sabrina Grdevich, Lacey Kohl, Maggie Gyllenhaal | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Secretary
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
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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