Burt vs Why Would I Lie?
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Why Would I Lie?). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 45m. Why Would I Lie? is the older of the two (1980 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Why Would I Lie?| Burt | Why Would I Lie? | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1980 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Larry Peerce |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Gabriel Macht, Treat Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, Lisa Eichhorn, Susan Heldfond |
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.
Why Would I Lie?
Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's advice councillor.
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