Bad Words vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Bad Words). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 29m. Bad Words is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bad Words
Burt| Bad Words | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Comedy | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jason Bateman | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Kathryn Hahn, Jason Bateman, Philip Baker Hall, Allison Janney, Anjul Nigam | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
Bad Words
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.
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.