Courageous vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Courageous). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 9m. Courageous is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Courageous
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Courageous | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Alex Kendrick | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Ken Bevel, Alex Kendrick, Kevin Downes, Renee Jewell, Rusty Martin | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Courageous
Law enforcement officers Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the streets have to offer with confidence and focus. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are…
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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