A Serious Man vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.7/10 for A Serious Man). A Serious Man is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 15m. A Serious Man is the older of the two (2009 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| A Serious Man | National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | United States of America | United Kingdom |
| Director | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Jeremy Herrin |
| Main cast | Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Alan Mandell, Sari Lennick | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe |
Synopsis
A Serious Man
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.
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