Mommy vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for Mommy). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 18m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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MommyNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 8.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142012
Length2h 18m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryCanadaUnited Kingdom
DirectorXavier DolanPolly Findlay
Main castPatrick Huard, Suzanne Clément, Isabelle Nélisse, Natalie Hamel-Roy, Anne DorvalAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Mommy

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

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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