My Sister's Keeper vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for My Sister's Keeper). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. My Sister's Keeper is the older of the two (2009 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

My Sister's Keeper posterMy Sister's Keeper2009 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
My Sister's KeeperNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20092012
Length1h 49m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorNick CassavetesPolly Findlay
Main castCameron Diaz, Joan Cusack, E. G. Daily, Thomas Dekker, Alec BaldwinAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

My Sister's Keeper

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while…

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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