Mr Burton

2025

Biography / Drama

4
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 469 469

adoptive father based on true story teacher student relationship inspiring story 1940s lower-middle-class

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Plot summary

In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton.

Director

Marc Evans Photo
Marc Evans

Top cast

Toby Jones Photo
Toby Jones as Philip Burton
Lesley Manville Photo
Lesley Manville as Ma Smith
Harry Lawtrey Photo
Harry Lawtrey as Young Richard Burton
Aneurin Barnard Photo
Aneurin Barnard as Elfed
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1.12 GB
1280*536
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 100+
2.29 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
NR
us  
24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 100+

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by workingman-06280 7 / 10

OMG Harry Lawley, The next Michale Fassbender for sure

Don't know who he is, didn't watch him play the new joker, haven't heard anyone mentioned about him. Didn't event want to watch this movie when glancing the movie poster with Toby Jones.But when the trailer showed up before another movie I was going to watch, oh my, the way he escalates the mountain screaming was A Master already, just this new seconds, I wanted to know who this guy is , how good he can act, what about Mr Burton.The way to tell this biography-like is predictable, a bit boring tbh, but, watching this upcoming super star acting , from an innocent school teenage boy, to an ungrateful adopted troubled young man, to an arrogant alcoholic rising actor, it was FASCINATING, his eyes are telling story, dragging all the audiences at once !I wish he will get more and more important roles with world class production. We can't let an actor with this astonishing talent slips away.
Reviewed by Sleepin_Dragon 8 / 10

Moving and interesting, beautifully made, a winner.

The incredible story of how Rich Jenkins, a young man from a poor family in Port Talbot became a multi award winning Hollywood star.It's fair to say this is my kind of film, but knowing Burton's story pretty well, it was interesting to see how they decided to translate it onto the big screen.Without sounding sentimental, it's a lovely, heartwarming movie, it's uplifting and emotional, a young Burton seemed to have everything against him, his troubled father, poverty, even the country itself, but somehow he overcome the odds.It is beautifully made, it looks terrific, the sets and clothes look terrific, they did their best with the CGI.Toby Jones and Lesley Manville do what they do best, they deliver, I know Harry Lawtey well from the wonderful BBC series Industry, I thought he did a very fine job.The first cinema film I've seen for some time that's made me want to order the blu ray.8/10.
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Mr. Burton

Despite being a bit lop-sided, this is still quite a poignant story of the young Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) who has been living with his elder sister and her husband since his mother died whilst he was an infant. His dad (Steffan Rhodri) worked hard down the mines then boozed hard afterwards, and so the young lad was largely neglected by him as he grew to curious manhood. He was interested at school, liked to read and sing and play rugby - and that attracted the attention of his teacher Burton (Toby Jones). He was a scholarly man, but a frustrated Thesp, who had lodged for many a year with the widowed "Ma" (Lesley Manville) and wrote scripts for BBC Radio. It was this latter man's determination to get his young protégé to focus, knuckle down and learn how to say "here" properly that serves as the thrust of the plot here and allows both Jones and the impressive Lawtey to give us not just an illustration of Burton's conflict and potential, but also a glimpse into just how valued education was at a time when families lived on the poverty line and working at the pit from an early age was a necessity that made schooling a luxury. It takes a few liberties with the facts of their relationship and sows some suggestive seeds about what might have driven both men, but for the most part it's an interesting character study of a troubled man who quite possibly didn't know how to be loved. The conclusion is all a bit rushed, we do jump ahead quite substantially in the last ten minutes and those missing years do rather leave a gap in his transition from geeky student to Stratford celebrity, but with a generous contribution from Manville to help guide us through this turbulent period for him, his teacher and his country this is at the better end of television biopics, and with Lawtey acting rather than trying to mimic the original, is worth a watch.
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