Mr Burton
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Wild schoolboy and son of an alcoholic miner, Rich Jenkins is mentored by teacher Philip Burton to transform into Richard Burton - Wales's greatest star.
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This Richard Burton biopic earns praise for Toby Jones' stunning performance as the teacher who transformed a Welsh miner's son into a legend, though audiences find it surprisingly melancholic and slow-paced. Critics consistently note how the film focuses on Burton's formative years rather than his Hollywood fame, creating an unexpectedly depressing portrait of transformation that requires losing one's entire identity.
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- Aug 19, 2025
I’m always envious of stories where teachers nurture a student’s artistic talents. All I ever got in school was yelled at about my handwriting and multiplication.
KyloMar 31, 2025A surprisingly depressing film about someone having to change every single aspect of themselves to amount to something - the young Mr. Burton had to lose his accent, his language, his family, his hometown, his name, and only then could he be taken seriously. It's only a…
DanielMar 31, 2025Port Talbot still looks like that.
sloffeehoops - Nov 10, 2025
I barely understood the Welsh, but I have to admit I was sad to hear it go. Posh people ruin everything.
JaFrittMay 17, 2026An inspiring, but realistic look at the early life of the Welsh actor, Richard Burton. This film focuses on Richard Burton's adolescence and young adulthood, where he went from being a soft spoken, shy, and listless teenager, more interested in rugby than acting, to a young…
caterwaulsJul 27, 2025A very safely directed, but well acted biopic. A nice easy watch. Toby Jones very rarely fails an assignment. Shamefully took me 20 minutes of the movie to clock that it was about Richard Burton 🤦♂️
az93 - May 28, 2025
You’ll get an awful lot more out of Marc Evans’ quietly affecting biography if you focus on the right Mr Burton… The incredible true-life tale of how Richard Jenkins, a son of an alcoholic miner destined to join his father in the collieries of Port Talbot during WWII,…
Mark CostelloApr 7, 2025Dude paid £50.00 to adopt someone and yet nowadays that wouldn't even cover the cost of most new video games coming out.
Matthew LewisFeb 26, 2025Harry Lawtey such a diva in this. Also why are none of the central actors in this WELSH, as they should be?!
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Sally Tilt likedMr. BurtonGreat story about Richard Burtons early life which was new to me. Well told.
Steve Hallett likedMr. BurtonGreat film 6.5/10. Nostalgic glimpse of wales ☺️
Elaine likedMr. BurtonDefo worth a watch
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Metacritic
Mar 20, 2026
The film may not always conquer its genre's tendency toward oversimplification, but what complexity makes it to the screen is enough to come away from it with something to chew on.
Alexander Harrison
Screen Rant
Apr 11, 2025
Jones certainly shows Mr Burton’s sad and dignified loneliness.
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
Apr 11, 2025
It’s a pity, then, that this sluggishly paced film, which leans heavily on a fussy, twinkling piano score, is so meandering and listless.
Wendy Ide
The Observer (UK)
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How long is Mr Burton (2026)?
The movie is 2hr 4min long.
What's Mr Burton (2026) about?
Wild schoolboy and son of an alcoholic miner, Rich Jenkins is mentored by teacher Philip Burton to transform into Richard Burton - Wales's greatest star.
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