Hadestown: The Musical vs If Only
Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7/10 for If Only). If Only is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 21m. If Only is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hadestown: The Musical
If Only| Hadestown: The Musical | If Only | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.9/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 21m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Brett Sullivan | Gil Junger |
| Main cast | Reeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-Baker | Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tom Wilkinson, Danny Babington, Graham Turner, Neville Phillips |
Synopsis
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.)
If Only
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
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