Hadestown: The Musical vs Trouble with the Curve

Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 7/10 for Trouble with the Curve). Trouble with the Curve is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 21m. Trouble with the Curve is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hadestown: The Musical posterHadestown: The Musical2026 VS Trouble with the Curve posterTrouble with the Curve2012
Hadestown: The MusicalTrouble with the Curve
Audience score★ 8.9/10★ 7.0/10
Year20262012
Length2h 21m1h 51m
GenresDrama, Fantasy, RomanceDrama, Romance
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorBrett SullivanRobert Lorenz
Main castReeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-BakerRobert Patrick, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Jack Gilpin, Clint Eastwood

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.)

Trouble with the Curve

Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.

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