Burt vs Splinters
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 2/10 for Splinters). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 34m. Splinters is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Splinters| Burt | Splinters | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 2.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Thom Fitzgerald |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Shelley Thompson, Charlie Boyle, Sofia Banzhaf, Daniel Lillford, Mary-Colin Chisholm |
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.
Splinters
Thom Fitzgerald explores interconnections of sexual identity, family, and small-town Nova Scotia life in this intimate drama about a young woman reassessing her relationship with her mother following the death of her father.