Mr. Burton

2025

Biography / Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 93% · 42 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 3148 3.1K

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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

Aimee-Ffion Edwards Photo
Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Cis
Toby Jones Photo
Toby Jones as Philip Burton
Lesley Manville Photo
Lesley Manville as Ma Smith
Steffan Rhodri Photo
Steffan Rhodri as Dic Jenkins
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1.12 GB
1280*536
English 2.0
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24 fps
2 hr 4 min
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2.29 GB
1920*804
English 5.1
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24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Despite being a bit lop-sided, this is still

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.
Reviewed by Sleepin_Dragon 8 / 10

The incredible story of how Rich Jenkins, a young man from a poor family in Port Talbot, rose to become a multi-award-winning Hollywood star.It's very much my sort of film, and knowing Burton's story reasonably well, it was fascinating to see how they chose to bring it to the big screen. Without drifting into sentimentality, it's genuinely heartwarming - uplifting and quietly emotional. A young Burton had everything stacked against him: a troubled father, poverty, and at times even the country itself, yet somehow he pushed through it all.It's a beautifully crafted film. It looks terrific, from the sets to the period details, and the CGI version of Port Talbot is impressively polished - though there were moments where I half-expected a bread-wielding cyclist to wobble through the scene, as if we'd slipped into an advert about wholesome Welsh mornings.The score is soothing, almost deceptively so. You could easily imagine it accompanying a Hovis-style montage, but it fits the story well, softening the harsher edges without ever drowning them out.Toby Jones and Lesley Manville do exactly what you'd hope - dependable, grounded, and quietly commanding. Harry Lawtey, who I know well from the excellent BBC series Industry, turns in a very fine performance, carrying the weight of the role without overplaying it.It's the first cinema trip in a long while that's actually made me want to order the Blu-ray afterwards.8/10.
Reviewed by KatyR-55 6 / 10

Largely a true story

As a film and theatre lover I would never miss a biopic about a famous actor, and so I knew I would enjoy Mr. Burton. But it turned out that the best thing about the film for me was the story of Mr. Philip Burton, the teacher, not so much the story of Richard Burton, the famous actor. Philip Burton wrote a book about his memories of Richard Jenkins (as he then was) and the narrative seems to be largely true, though fudged here and there. There is much to admire about Mr. Burton's teaching methods, and even more to admire about Toby Jones' acting which was completely flawless. Lesley Manville as the housekeeper was also excellent, though we didn't see much of her. Harry Lawtey was less successful as Richard Burton, perhaps because the script required him to change too rapidly from a quiet schoolboy to a rebellious and difficult adult. The first part of the film was somewhat slow and the use of AI technology to provide supposed landscapes of Welsh countryside really grated on me, but the interiors were effective.
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