The Wackness vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for The Wackness). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 39m. The Wackness is the older of the two (2008 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Wackness
What We Wanted to Be| The Wackness | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Jonathan Levine | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Method Man, Famke Janssen, Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Jane Adams | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
The Wackness
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
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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