Honey Boy vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Honey Boy). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 34m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Honey Boy posterHoney Boy2019 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
Honey BoyNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year20192012
Length1h 34m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorAlma Har'elPolly Findlay
Main castNatasha Lyonne, Martin Starr, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Lucas HedgesAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Honey Boy

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.

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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