Mother's Elling vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.7/10 for Mother's Elling). Mother's Elling is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 15m. Mother's Elling is the older of the two (2003 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Mother's EllingNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 9.0/10
Year20032023
Length1h 18m2h 15m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorEva IsaksenJeremy Herrin
Main castHenriette Steenstrup, Per Christian Ellefsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Per Schaanning, Grete NordråSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

Synopsis

Mother's Elling

Elling has lived with his mother all his life. Mom is the practical one, while Elling ponders the more theoretical aspects of life. He spends his time in their apartment reading books and looking at the neighbours through the living room window. Elling doesn't seem to need to be around others like most people. That's why Elling is less than enthusiastic when his mother suddenly decides to take her son on a beach vacation to Spain. Reluctantly…

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

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