Shopgirl vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.8/10 for Shopgirl). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 44m. Shopgirl is the older of the two (2005 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Shopgirl
What We Wanted to Be| Shopgirl | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | Argentina |
| Director | Anand Tucker | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Frances Conroy, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Nichols | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Shopgirl
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
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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