Burt vs The Bench
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Bench). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 29m. The Bench is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Bench| Burt | The Bench | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Per Fly |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Sarah Boberg, Jens Albinus, Anette Støvelbæk, Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus |
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.
The Bench
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His…