Burt vs Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Planes, Trains and Automobiles). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 33m. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the older of the two (1987 against 2025). Both are comedy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Burt | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1987 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | John Hughes |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Kevin Bacon, Steve Martin, Richard Herd, Michael McKean, Dylan Baker |
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.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
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