Burt vs The Good Lie
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for The Good Lie). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 50m. The Good Lie is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Good Lie| Burt | The Good Lie | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Philippe Falardeau |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Corey Stoll, Reese Witherspoon, Joshua Mikel, Thad Luckinbill, Maria Howell |
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 Good Lie
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
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