Burt vs Radio
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Radio). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 49m. Radio is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Radio| Burt | Radio | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Michael Tollin |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Alfre Woodard, Ed Harris, Riley Smith, S. Epatha Merkerson, Cuba Gooding Jr. |
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.
Radio
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the…