Shortcut to Happiness vs Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.6/10 for Shortcut to Happiness). Shortcut to Happiness is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 53m. Stranger Than Fiction is the older of the two (2006 against 2007). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Shortcut to Happiness posterShortcut to Happiness2007 VS Stranger Than Fiction posterStranger Than Fiction2006
Shortcut to HappinessStranger Than Fiction
Audience score★ 5.6/10★ 7.3/10
Year20072006
Length1h 42m1h 53m
GenresComedy, Drama, FantasyComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlec BaldwinMarc Forster
Main castAnthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alec Baldwin, Dan Aykroyd, Amy PoehlerTony Hale, Queen Latifah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Thompson, Will Ferrell

Synopsis

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…

Stranger Than Fiction

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

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