Burt vs Not a Word
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Not a Word). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 27m. Not a Word is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Not a Word| Burt | Not a Word | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Joe Burke | Hanna Antonina Wojcik-Slak |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Maren Eggert, Jona Levin Nicolai, Maryam Zaree, Juliane Siebecke, Marko Mandić |
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.
Not a Word
On a barren island, a mother and son confront years of silence and misunderstandings in writer-director Hanna Slak’s formidable fourth feature film starring Maren Eggert, scored by Amélie Legrand, and shot by Claire Mathon.
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