Burt vs Patch Adams
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Patch Adams). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 55m. Patch Adams is the older of the two (1998 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Patch Adams| Burt | Patch Adams | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Tom Shadyac |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Peter Coyote, Josef Sommer, Harve Presnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Jeter |
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.
Patch Adams
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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