Burt vs Empty Nets
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Empty Nets). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 38m. Empty Nets is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Empty Nets| Burt | Empty Nets | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Behrooz Karamizade |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Ali Bagheri, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Sadaf Asgari, Keyvan Mohamadi, Pantea Panahiha |
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.
Empty Nets
Amir, a young Iranian, signs on with a fisherman on the rugged Caspian Sea coast in order to earn the money he needs to marry his sweetheart, Narges. But in so doing, he becomes entangled in the criminal machinations of caviar poaching. Piece by piece, a complex hierarchy is revealed in a parallel realm that becomes ever more constricting and oppressive, endangering Amir’s relationship with Narges as well.
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