The Lifeguard vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.4/10 for The Lifeguard). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 38m. The Lifeguard is the older of the two (2013 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Lifeguard
What We Wanted to Be| The Lifeguard | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Liz W. Garcia | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Kristen Bell, Martin Starr, Mamie Gummer, Adam LeFevre, Amy Madigan | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
The Lifeguard
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
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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