The Lobster vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for The Lobster). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 59m. The Lobster is the older of the two (2015 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Lobster
What We Wanted to Be| The Lobster | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Yorgos Lanthimos | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Ashley Jensen, Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
The Lobster
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
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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