Burt vs The Optimist
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 42m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Optimist| Burt | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
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 Optimist
Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
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