Amateur vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Amateur). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 36m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Amateur posterAmateur2018 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
AmateurNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20182012
Length1h 36m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorRyan KooPolly Findlay
Main castMichael Rainey Jr., Sharon Leal, Josh Charles, Brian J. White, Corey Parker RobinsonAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Amateur

14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.

National Theatre Live: Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…

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