National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs The Meddler

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6/10 for The Meddler). The Meddler is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 15m. The Meddler is the older of the two (2016 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023 VS The Meddler posterThe Meddler2016
National Theatre Live: Best of EnemiesThe Meddler
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 6.0/10
Year20232016
Length2h 15m1h 40m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorJeremy HerrinLorene Scafaria
Main castSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus LoweBilly Magnussen, Casey Wilson, Harry Hamlin, Jason Ritter, Susan Sarandon

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 Meddler

With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries…

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