The Love Punch vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6/10 for The Love Punch). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 34m. The Love Punch is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| The Love Punch | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United Kingdom | Argentina |
| Director | Joel Hopkins | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Eleanor Matsuura, Tuppence Middleton, Louise Bourgoin, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Spall | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
The Love Punch
Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady…
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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