Hadestown: The Musical vs Upside Down

Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 6.3/10 for Upside Down). Upside Down is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 21m. Upside Down is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Hadestown: The MusicalUpside Down
Audience score★ 8.9/10★ 6.3/10
Year20262012
Length2h 21m1h 44m
GenresDrama, Fantasy, RomanceDrama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorBrett SullivanJuan Diego Solanas
Main castReeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-BakerTimothy Spall, Kirsten Dunst, Janine Theriault, Jim Sturgess, Vlasta Vrana

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.)

Upside Down

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?

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