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Butterfly (2000)

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All Time

of 190,142

5,748

2000's

of 34,011

1,875

2000

of 7,135

205
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  2,930
  
  Drama of 2000
  
  of 834
  
  120
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  962

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Butterfly (2000) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.5403

Avg Critic Score:2.7685

Butterfly (2000) Movie Reviews

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ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

In Spanish with subtitles For independent and "art house" studios like Miramax Films, the summer movie season becomes a time of counter-programming. ...read the complete Butterfly movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Butterfly" takes place during that brief moment in Spain between the formation of the Republic and the Civil War. ...read the complete Butterfly movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

I found it a little too sentimental. ...read the complete Butterfly movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Everything you ever wanted to know about Julia "Butterfly" Hill, with interviews captured during her two-year stint in a Redwood tree. She's about what you think she'd be like, as are her friends... and her enemies.Rating2. ...read the complete Butterfly movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)

Some delicately interwoven and unresolved subplots help make the young character's rite of passage wholly, disturbingly compelling....read the complete Butterfly (2000) review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)

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Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)

A beautiful, harrowing film of understated power and perception that affords Fernando Fernán Gómez, the Spanish cinema's great, weathered veteran, yet another of his unforgettable performances....read the complete Butterfly (2000) review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)

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Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

It's boilerplate Miramax: a sentimental import with lovingly photographed Euro locale....read the complete Butterfly (2000) review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)

See all (1) "Fair" Reviews

Film.com (Ernest Hardy)

In the end, Butterfly is an infuriating film because it's so very contrived, so annoyingly phony....read the complete Butterfly (2000) review at Film.com (Ernest Hardy)

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