Heaven Is for Real vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Heaven Is for Real). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 39m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Heaven Is for Real posterHeaven Is for Real2014 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Heaven Is for RealNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142012
Length1h 39m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryCanada–
DirectorRandall WallacePolly Findlay
Main castMargo Martindale, Kelly Reilly, Greg Kinnear, Jacob Vargas, Thomas Haden ChurchAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Heaven Is for Real

The true story of the 4-year old son of a small-town pastor who, during emergency surgery, slips from consciousness and enters heaven. When he awakes, he recounts his experiences on the other side.

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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