Burt vs Summer
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Summer). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 23m. Summer is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Summer| Burt | Summer | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Kenneth Glenaan |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Robert Carlyle, Kate Dickie, Rachael Blake, George Costigan, Seamus O'Neill |
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.
Summer
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labeled as a violent bully he destroys himself and Daz with him. Shaun has twelve years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz's imminent death forces Shaun to confront his past.