National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies vs Why Would I Lie?
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.5/10 for Why Would I Lie?). Why Would I Lie? is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 15m. Why Would I Lie? is the older of the two (1980 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Why Would I Lie?| National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies | Why Would I Lie? | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 1980 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Jeremy Herrin | Larry Peerce |
| Main cast | Sam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe | Gabriel Macht, Treat Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, Lisa Eichhorn, Susan Heldfond |
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.
Why Would I Lie?
Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's advice councillor.
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