National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The First Beautiful Thing
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for The First Beautiful Thing). The First Beautiful Thing is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 15m. The First Beautiful Thing is the older of the two (2010 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
The First Beautiful Thing| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | The First Beautiful Thing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Paolo Virzì |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Claudia Pandolfi, Valerio Mastandrea, Stefania Sandrelli, Marco Messeri, Fabrizia Sacchi |
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 First Beautiful Thing
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the…
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