Burt vs The Hoax
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for The Hoax). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 56m. The Hoax is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Hoax| Burt | The Hoax | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Lasse Hallström |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Željko Ivanek, Richard Gere, Hope Davis, Mamie Gummer, Marcia Gay Harden |
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 Hoax
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.