Stepmom vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Stepmom). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h 5m. Stepmom is the older of the two (1998 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Stepmom
What We Wanted to Be| Stepmom | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Chris Columbus | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Jena Malone, Ed Harris, Lynn Whitfield, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Stepmom
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
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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