Something like an unfunny version of “Dutch.”
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07/13/04
The Blue Butterfly (2004)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:3
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.6/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 1999 Limited
Synopsis: A terminally ill little boy helps an emotionally shuttered man reembrace life in the tender Canadian drama THE BLUE BUTTERFLY. Based on a true story, the film stars William Hurt as curmudgeonly... [More]
Starring: William Hurt, Pascale Bussieres, Marc Donato, Raoul Trujillo
Director: Lea Pool
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Feels as forced and sentimental as one of those disease-of-the-week melodramas that were once the mainstay of U.S. television.
03/05/04
Top CriticThe patronizing, gratuitous sentimentality undermines what could and should have been a simple story of courage and beauty.
12/22/05
Top CriticPete McCormack's script only occasionally yields to melodrama. Mostly it allows the characters to breathe freely, expressing a greater range of human emotion than just love and sympathy.
03/05/04
Top CriticIf this film was of an American Beauty-standard, wouldn't it be wasted on the ten-year-olds and grandmothers that the production is really geared towards?
03/08/04
Literally half the experience of this movie involves watching the wildlife. And on this level The Blue Butterfly works magnificently.
03/05/04
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