Burt vs Universal Language
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Universal Language). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 29m. Universal Language is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Universal Language| Burt | Universal Language | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Matthew Rankin |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Danielle Fichaud, Amir Amiri, Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Matthew Rankin |
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.
Universal Language
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.
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