Burt vs Ungentle
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Ungentle). Ungentle is the shorter watch at 37m compared with 1h 18m. Ungentle is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Ungentle| Burt | Ungentle | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 37m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Huw Lemmey, Onyeka Igwe |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Ben Whishaw |
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.
Ungentle
A fictionalised essay read by Ben Wishaw exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male homosexuality. An anonymous narrator talks through the various chapters of his life as a spy and a gay man in late 20th-century Britain. His vivid stories of intimacy and surveillance play out over shots of the luscious countryside, busy Central London streets, and nighttime cruising zones.