Burt vs The Bookshop
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for The Bookshop). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 50m. The Bookshop is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Bookshop| Burt | The Bookshop | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Joe Burke | Isabel Coixet |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Patricia Clarkson, Frances Barber, Bill Nighy, Charlotte Vega, Emily Mortimer |
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 Bookshop
Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
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