National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope

Name: National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
Duration: 1 h 50 min

1hr 50m

1hr 50m
3.3/5 (206)
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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:

1hr 50m

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

Audiences are split on this production, with most reviewers finding Sandra Oh magnetic but the play's satire of cancel culture and wokeness frustratingly vague. Reviewers repeatedly describe the staging as performative and exhausting, though the quieter, more intimate scenes and the ending earn real praise. As one viewer put it, 'I feel like I'm trapped in a play that I don't understand.'

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3.3

Sep 27, 2026

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

34 Likes

Allison M. 🌱

Sep 22, 2026

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

23 Likes

edmedm

Sep 22, 2026

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

21 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 —…

20 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…

19 Likes

Lauren 🌻

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…

13 Likes

OOHSOX29
Sep 22, 2026

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

11 Likes

walt_r

Sep 22, 2026

i'm with alice idgaf

9 Likes

beckitbeckit

Sep 22, 2026

A play about a female novelist who receives backlash for her strong political opinions yet it felt like she was only half of it. There was a big focus on her boyfriend, and sure, he’s an important part of the story and by the end we see how incompatible the pair actually…

8 Likes

quadlutz