The Big Sick vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for The Big Sick). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h . The Big Sick is the older of the two (2017 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Big Sick
What We Wanted to Be| The Big Sick | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Michael Showalter | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Adeel Akhtar, Zoe Kazan, Kumail Nanjiani, Vella Lovell, David Alan Grier | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
The Big Sick
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
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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