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Butter

Butter

Comedy · 2012

An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.

Movie details

Butter

“A comedy about sex, power and spreading the wealth.”

2012 Comedy 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Butter?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Jim Field Smith

Written by

Jason A. Micallef

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner

Laura Pickler

Yara Shahidi

Yara Shahidi

Destiny

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Boyd Bolton

Ty Burrell

Ty Burrell

Bob Pickler

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde

Brooke Swinkowski

Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone

Julie Emmet

Rob Corddry

Rob Corddry

Ethan Emmet

Court is in session

Put Butter on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.