Came a Hot Friday vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.8/10 for Came a Hot Friday). Came a Hot Friday is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 15m. Came a Hot Friday is the older of the two (1985 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Came a Hot Friday
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies| Came a Hot Friday | National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1985 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | New Zealand | United Kingdom |
| Director | Ian Mune | Jeremy Herrin |
| Main cast | Marshall Napier, Peter Bland, Phillip Gordon, Michael Lawrence, Billy T. James | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe |
Synopsis
Came a Hot Friday
Set in post-war (1949) rural New Zealand, this film traces the efforts of two con men to run a betting scam in a small town (Tainuea) already rife with illegal gambling corruption, and eccentricity.
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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