Burt vs Somers Town
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Somers Town). Somers Town is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 18m. Somers Town is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Somers Town| Burt | Somers Town | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 11m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Shane Meadows |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Elisa Lasowski, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson, Thomas Turgoose, Mark Monero |
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.
Somers Town
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.
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