Burt vs Mimino
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Mimino). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 32m. Mimino is the older of the two (1977 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Mimino| Burt | Mimino | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1977 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Soviet Union |
| Director | Joe Burke | Georgiy Daneliya |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Evgeni Leonov, Elena Proklova, Marina Dyuzheva |
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.
Mimino
Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.