Burt vs Welcome to the Rileys

Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Welcome to the Rileys). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 50m. Welcome to the Rileys is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Burt posterBurt2025 VS Welcome to the Rileys posterWelcome to the Rileys2010
BurtWelcome to the Rileys
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.6/10
Year20252010
Length1h 18m1h 50m
GenresComedy, DramaDrama
Country––
DirectorJoe BurkeJake Scott
Main castOliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis LombardiKristen Stewart, Joe Chrest, Melissa Leo, James Gandolfini, Lance E. Nichols

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.

Welcome to the Rileys

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.

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