Something's Gotta Give vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Something's Gotta Give). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 8m. Something's Gotta Give is the older of the two (2003 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Something's Gotta Give
What We Wanted to Be| Something's Gotta Give | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Nancy Meyers | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Amanda Peet, T.J. Thyne, Frances McDormand, Keanu Reeves, Jon Favreau | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Something's Gotta Give
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in…
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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