National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Barbarian Invasions
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.1/10 for The Barbarian Invasions). The Barbarian Invasions is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 2h 15m. The Barbarian Invasions is the older of the two (2003 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
The Barbarian Invasions| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The Barbarian Invasions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Denys Arcand |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Yves Jacques, Marina Hands, Sophie Lorain, Marie-Josée Croze, Rémy Girard |
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.
The Barbarian Invasions
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the…
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