Burt vs Holding the Man
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Holding the Man). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 8m. Holding the Man is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Holding the Man| Burt | Holding the Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Neil Armfield |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Corr |
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.
Holding the Man
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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