Badland vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Badland). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 45m. Badland is the older of the two (2007 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Badland
Burt| Badland | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 45m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Francesco Lucente | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Joe Morton, Jamie Draven, Grace Caroline Currey, Dennis Corrie, Tom Carey | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
Badland
Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of him and his wife, Nora (Vinessa Shaw), unsympathetic and unhappy. When Jerry discovers that…
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.