Burt vs Eighth Grade
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Eighth Grade). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 34m. Eighth Grade is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Eighth Grade| Burt | Eighth Grade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Bo Burnham |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Josh Hamilton, Fred Hechinger, Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Jake Ryan |
Synopsis
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.
Eighth Grade
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
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