Erin Brockovich vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Erin Brockovich). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 11m. Erin Brockovich is the older of the two (2000 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Erin Brockovich posterErin Brockovich2000 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Erin BrockovichNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20002012
Length2h 11m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorSteven SoderberghPolly Findlay
Main castAaron Eckhart, Michael Harney, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones, Julia RobertsAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Erin Brockovich

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

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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