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Butterflies Are Free (1972)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 8
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1972 Wide

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Leonard Gershe based his play Butterflies are Free on a real-life blind attorney. The film version stars Edward Albert as Don Baker, a self-reliant, sightless young man who becomes the object of affection for kooky Jill (Goldie Hawn). Spending most of the film in nothing but her underwear, Jill makes love to Don, then tries to help him break free from the smothering influence of his mother, a children's-story writer (Eileen Heckart). The situation grows tense when Jill's boyfriend (Paul Michael

PG, 1 hr. 49 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Milton Katselas

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1972 Wide

On DVD: Apr 23, 2002

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Critic Reviews for Butterflies Are Free

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An interesting film about love, blindness and the inherent bias in both.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Poorly directed, the movie betrays its theatrical origins, but the acting of the two women, Goldie Hawn as the free spirit and Eileen Heckart as the overly protective mother, fighting over the love of a blind youngster, is good.

July 18, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Charming and engaging, the best work of Goldie Hawn's career

December 5, 2003 Comment

Gabriel Shanks

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Watch this one if you've ever wondered how Goldie Hawn became a star.

July 26, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

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A sweet romance that's quite entertaining and fun.

April 3, 2010

Sunil Jawahir

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Witty and unpredictable but the whole storyline won't crypt its conservative and almost liberal views from another era.The universal "quality" of the play isn't remembered for its general causes of freedom rather Eckhart on a subtle performance and a noisy-juicy Goldie Hawn.If you exclude the typical ending,it's a

September 8, 2008