Beautiful Boy vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Beautiful Boy). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beautiful Boy
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Beautiful Boy | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Felix van Groeningen | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Julian Works, Maura Tierney, Timothy Hutton, Amy Ryan, Timothée Chalamet | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Beautiful Boy
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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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