Burt vs Quills
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Quills). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 4m. Quills is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Quills| Burt | Quills | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Philip Kaufman |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Stephen Moyer, Elizabeth Berrington, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine |
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.
Quills
In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.