The Long Shot vs Thursday's Child
The Long Shot has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 1/10 for Thursday's Child). The Long Shot is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 40m. Thursday's Child is the older of the two (1983 against 2004). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Long Shot
Thursday's Child| The Long Shot | Thursday's Child | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 1.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 1983 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Drama, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Georg Stanford Brown | David Lowell Rich |
| Main cast | Julie Benz, Shannon Collis, Gage Golightly, Christopher Cousins, Marsha Mason | Rob Lowe, Alan Fudge, Larry Poindexter, Gena Rowlands, Janet MacLachlan |
Synopsis
The Long Shot
A woman moves with her husband and seven-year-old daughter from Colorado to California and then her husband abandons them. While trying to rebuild her life, she finds solace while working at a horse farm and decides to enter her beloved horse in a high-stakes riding competition.
Thursday's Child
Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they…
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