Before Midnight vs Hadestown: The Musical

Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7.5/10 for Before Midnight). Before Midnight is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 2h 21m. Before Midnight is the older of the two (2013 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Before Midnight posterBefore Midnight2013 VS Hadestown: The Musical posterHadestown: The Musical2026
Before MidnightHadestown: The Musical
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 8.9/10
Year20132026
Length1h 49m2h 21m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Fantasy, Romance
CountryGreeceUnited Kingdom
DirectorRichard LinklaterBrett Sullivan
Main castEthan Hawke, Ariane Labed, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Julie Delpy, Jennifer PriorReeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-Baker

Synopsis

Before Midnight

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.

Hadestown: The Musical

The tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and Persephone. Eurydice, struggling with poverty, is lured to the industrial underworld of Hadestown by Hades, while Orpheus, a struggling musician, ventures down below to bring her back. (Filmed live at the Lyric Theatre, London, featuring the core five original Broadway cast members.)

Where to watch

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