National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope

Name: National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
Duration: 2 h 30 min

2hr 30m

2hr 30m
3.3/5 (173)
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Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes in speaking out, the more colleagues… More Details »

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Release Date:

Sep 22, 2026

Runtime:

2hr 30m

Synopsis

Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the hollow contemporary mantras of kindness and respect. But the bolder she becomes in speaking out, the more colleagues avoid her, and the more her personal relationships begin to fracture.As she challenges fashionable ideas and lends her voice to causes others are afraid to touch, she faces intense criticism and backlash. Alice will soon learn the price she must pay as an artist and as a woman for daring to speak her mind.

Moviegoers are saying

Sandra Oh delivers a standout performance in this politically charged theatrical adaptation that has audiences divided - while her acting prowess shines through, viewers are struggling with a script that feels smugly self-congratulatory about cancel culture without actually saying anything concrete. The consensus is clear: brilliant lead performance trapped in a frustratingly hollow narrative.

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3.3

Sep 27, 2026

Standout performance from Sandra Oh. Vegan alert: -Alice hates sheep and goats -Silk dresses

32 Likes

Allison M. 🌱

Sep 22, 2026

yes I go to NT Live screenings. And yes I'm better than you.

19 Likes

edmedm

Sep 22, 2026

“I feel like I’m trapped in a play that I don’t understand” me too Sandra Oh

16 Likes

Cameron
Sep 22, 2026

I LOVE a politically conscious, cynical woman but this play fell flat for me when it felt like most of the focus was on Alice’s love interest rather than the backlash she faced for her political views. I felt like the writing avoided being bold with it’s political message —…

15 Likes

louise

Sep 24, 2026

My problem with this is in the script more than anything else. It comes across as a very smug and self-congratulatory criticism of cancel culture and “wokeness” whilst putting Alice on a pedestal of more virtuous, non-performative leftism, but it doesn’t really say anything…

13 Likes

Lauren 🌻

Sep 22, 2026

I don’t care if it’s not what Molière wrote, why didn’t I get to see gay Sandra Oh??

10 Likes

walt_r
Sep 22, 2026

Nobody was the likeable, the dialogue and scenes repetitive and exhausting. Sandra Oh's acting was mostly great but her accent was confusing and I had no idea who her character was or why she was in these relationships to begin with. I spent a lot of the time wondering if…

10 Likes

OOHSOX29

Sep 22, 2026

i'm with alice idgaf

9 Likes

beckitbeckit

Sep 23, 2026

You could never make me dislike Sandra Oh but I fear this thinks it has a lot to say and actually says almost nothing

7 Likes

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