National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs Official Competition
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.6/10 for Official Competition). Official Competition is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 15m. Official Competition is the older of the two (2021 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | Official Competition | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2021 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 54m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Manolo Solo, Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Mary Ruiz, Pilar Castro |
Synopsis
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.
Official Competition
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by…
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