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The Blue Butterfly (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 3  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 4.6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

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 entomologist Alan Osborne, who reluctantly agrees to help a 10-year-old, wheelchair-bound... 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 entomologist Alan Osborne, who reluctantly agrees to help a 10-year-old, wheelchair-bound cancer patient, Pete Carlton (Marc Donato), catch a beautiful but elusive species of butterfly known as the Blue Morpho. Accompanied by Pete's mother, Teresa (Pascale Bussieres), the would-be collectors soon find themselves travelling to the lush rainforests of Costa Rica, where the dramatic jungle landscapes transform their near-mythic quest into a transformative journey of hope, magic, and redemption. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: William Hurt, Pascale Bussieres, Marc Donato, Raoul Trujillo

Director: Lea Pool

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 5, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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03/04/06
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
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The patronizing, gratuitous sentimentality undermines what could and should have been a simple story of courage and beauty.

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12/22/05
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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1/5

Something like an unfunny version of “Dutch.”

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07/13/04
Eric Campos
Film Threat
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04/24/04
Catharine Tunnacliffe
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3.5/5

If 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?

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03/08/04
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3/5

Pete 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.

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03/05/04
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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3/5

Literally half the experience of this movie involves watching the wildlife. And on this level The Blue Butterfly works magnificently.

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03/05/04
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
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2.5/4

Feels as forced and sentimental as one of those disease-of-the-week melodramas that were once the mainstay of U.S. television.

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03/05/04
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail
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