National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Descendants
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.8/10 for The Descendants). The Descendants is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 15m. The Descendants is the older of the two (2011 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
The Descendants| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The Descendants | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | United States of America |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Alexander Payne |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | George Clooney, Michael Ontkean, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Matt Corboy |
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 Descendants
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
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