Boy Erased vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Boy Erased). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boy Erased
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Boy Erased | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joel Edgerton | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Joel Edgerton, Madelyn Cline, Nicole Kidman, Cherry Jones, Lucas Hedges | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Boy Erased
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
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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