Welcome to the Sticks vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.7/10 for Welcome to the Sticks). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 46m. Welcome to the Sticks is the older of the two (2008 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Welcome to the Sticks
What We Wanted to Be| Welcome to the Sticks | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | France | Argentina |
| Director | Dany Boon | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Dany Boon, Michel Galabru, Anne Marivin, Kad Merad, Guy Lecluyse | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Welcome to the Sticks
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of…
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.
Where to watch
Where to watch Welcome to the SticksWhere to watch What We Wanted to Be
More like Welcome to the Sticks · More like What We Wanted to Be · Compare other titles