Butter

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Butter

R

2012

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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For many years, Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner) has relished the prestige and admiration afforded her as the wife of Iowa's longtime butter-carving champion, Bob (Ty Burrell). When Bob is pressured to retire from competition so that someone else has a chance at victory, Laura decides to enter the contest herself. But, when three formidable opponents also enter the fray, Laura vows to win at any cost, including recruiting her stupid ex-boyfriend (Hugh Jackman) for a bit of sabotage.

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Critics Consensus

Despite its talented cast and a few funny moments, Butter's satirical aims are largely undone by a lack of subtlety and air of smugness.

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Carmen Phillips

Autostraddle

04/11/2019

The entire plot for Butter is the kind of wackadoodle delight that one should really experience with fresh eyes and their feet up on a couch with a bowl junk food at their disposal.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

10/05/2012

A wicked Midwest satire with razor blades stashed beneath its bright candy-apple surface.

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Todd McCarthy

The Hollywood Reporter

10/05/2012

Hardly the high-priced spread, this condescending comedy about Middle America will score with some audiences and put off others.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

07/30/2020

C

It's at this point where I could include some snarky joke about butter, margarine, and Fabio, but I'm sure you've already come up with them.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

06/27/2019

2.5/5

Sporting an impressive supporting cast, this high glossed satire of Middle America has charming and hilarious moments, but suffers considerably from a labored, schizophrenic attempt to be politically correct and daring satire at the same time.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

01/31/2019

C+

Butter isn't painful, but neither is it comically nutritious. It's a sculpture that a lot of people put a lot of effort into, but the end result doesn't really say much.

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Emma O

@emmaomega74 2d

this is the dumbest plot for a movie and yet i chuckled more than i expected

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 27

Unfunny in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $70,900.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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celia d

May 24

This is a puzzling and dreadful movie. It has a stellar cast and should be funny but there are too many problems - Why is Laura PIckler even good at carving butter just because Bob was? why is the child black? Destiny is a very wooden actor. Destiny's backstory makes no sense. The script is a complete dud with characters and situations thrown in at random towards a pointless ending.

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Bailey A

05/19/2024

really good u guys r nuts !

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Dan S

04/22/2024

Watched from start to finish, outside of the weight and saxophone the rest of the movie didn’t make any sense. Cringy is an understatement!!!!!! 30 year old’s acting like HS is hard to buy as well.

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Cristian s

@cristiansj 10/27/2023

Una comedia poco convencional, con buen ritmo pero a la vez no tan divertida.

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Synopsis

For many years, Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner) has relished the prestige and admiration afforded her as the wife of Iowa's longtime butter-carving champion, Bob (Ty Burrell). When Bob is pressured to retire from competition so that someone else has a chance at victory, Laura decides to enter the contest herself. But, when three formidable opponents also enter the fray, Laura vows to win at any cost, including recruiting her stupid ex-boyfriend (Hugh Jackman) for a bit of sabotage.

Director: Jim Field Smith
Producer: Michael De Luca, Jennifer Garner, Alissa Phillips
Screenwriter: Jason A. Micallef
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Hurwitz Creative, Michael De Luca, The Weinstein Company, Vandalia Films
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Brief Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.9K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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