Sideways vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.1/10 for Sideways). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 7m. Sideways is the older of the two (2004 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sideways
What We Wanted to Be| Sideways | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Alexander Payne | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Jessica Hecht, Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh, Virginia Madsen, Patrick Gallagher | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Sideways
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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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