Hadestown: The Musical vs My Cousin Rachel

Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 5.7/10 for My Cousin Rachel). My Cousin Rachel is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 21m. My Cousin Rachel is the older of the two (2017 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hadestown: The Musical posterHadestown: The Musical2026 VS My Cousin Rachel posterMy Cousin Rachel2017
Hadestown: The MusicalMy Cousin Rachel
Audience score★ 8.9/10★ 5.7/10
Year20262017
Length2h 21m1h 46m
GenresDrama, Fantasy, RomanceDrama, Romance
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorBrett SullivanRoger Michell
Main castReeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-BakerHolliday Grainger, Rachel Weisz, Iain Glen, Sam Claflin, Pierfrancesco Favino

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.)

My Cousin Rachel

A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

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