Burt vs Yi Yi
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for Yi Yi). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 54m. Yi Yi is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Yi Yi| Burt | Yi Yi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2000 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 54m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Edward Yang |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Wu Nien-jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang |
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.
Yi Yi
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.