Burt vs Joe Butterfly
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Joe Butterfly). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 30m. Joe Butterfly is the older of the two (1957 against 2025). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Joe Butterfly| Burt | Joe Butterfly | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1957 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Joe Burke | Jesse Hibbs |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Burgess Meredith, Audie Murphy, George Nader, Keenan Wynn, Keiko Shima |
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.
Joe Butterfly
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their…
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