Burt vs Midwinter Break
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Midwinter Break). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 30m. Burt is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Midwinter Break| Burt | Midwinter Break | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Cusack, Julie Lamberton, Ed Sayer |
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.
Midwinter Break
Longtime retired couple Stella and Gerry realise that their relationship has reached a crossroads while on holiday in Amsterdam. After so much time and so many memories, long-held promises and deeply concealed wounds threaten to come to light and force them to confront their future.
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