Burt vs The Help
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for The Help). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 26m. The Help is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Help| Burt | The Help | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 26m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Tate Taylor |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Mike Vogel, Anna Camp, Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer |
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 Help
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously…