Sing Street vs The Next Best Thing
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 5.3/10 for The Next Best Thing). Sing Street is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 48m. The Next Best Thing is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sing Street
The Next Best Thing| Sing Street | The Next Best Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 5.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 48m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Carney | John Schlesinger |
| Main cast | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy | Neil Patrick Harris, Rupert Everett, Benjamin Bratt, Josef Sommer, Madonna |
Synopsis
Sing Street
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
The Next Best Thing
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
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