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The Butcher's Wife

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The Butcher's Wife (1991)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:3

Rotten:10

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A sweet-natured country girl with clairvoyant powers travels to the big city when she marries an amorous butcher who visited her fair glen on a fishing trip. Once ensconced in her Greenwich... A sweet-natured country girl with clairvoyant powers travels to the big city when she marries an amorous butcher who visited her fair glen on a fishing trip. Once ensconced in her Greenwich Village apartment, the butcher's wife starts making predictions of future romance for several of her newfound friends. The predictions do come true, but our heroine begins to doubt her powers of extrasensory perception when she realizes that she may be falling in love with a skeptical local psychiatrist -- a turn of events that she certainly didn't foretell. [More]

Starring: Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Frances McDormand

Starring: Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Frances McDormand, Margaret Colin, Mary Steenburgen

Director: Terry Hughes

Director: Terry Hughes

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Brushing your teeth is more fun

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Fiore Mastracci
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One of the reasons we don't miss Demi.

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09/06/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
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Unfortunately happens to star Demi Moore.

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02/04/04
Gregory Weinkauf
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07/30/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
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Sappy, insincere and really quite boring.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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The first half of the film is dreadfully contrived and artificial, from the uneven acting to the stereotype-filled script, to the aforementioned set and production design.

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