A Serious Man vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for A Serious Man). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 46m. A Serious Man is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Serious Man
Burt| A Serious Man | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Alan Mandell, Sari Lennick | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
A Serious Man
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.
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