just saw this, and it was pretty damn funny. Butter revolves around the participants in a butter carving contest in a white-washed suburban area. It's sweet, it's funny, it's holding itself back trying not to be too pottymouthed, and did I mention it's about butter? Jennifer Garner and Yada Shahidi both do great jobs; while Shahidi's character Destiny is the underdog and therefore the obvious choice to root for, Garner brings a certain vulnerability and nervousness to her straight-laced character Laura that makes her a lead that you can bear to watch. All the cast pull their weight, and special credit has to be given to show-stealer, Olivia Wilde, who brings a free-spirited intelligence to her ridiculous character Brooke, as only Wilde can, and is probably the movie's funniest character.
The one complaint I had with the otherwise great movie, is that the direction seems to jump back and forth between being an edgy, witty comedy for adults and a warmhearted feel-good for the family. While I can see they were trying to be funny, and at the same time, touching - I felt the mixing could have been smoother.
But that aside, Butter takes the overdone, unoriginal underdog-in-a-competition plot line, and manages to turn it into a pretty decent film by injecting with quirky subject matter and diverse, great characters. Easily recommended.
The one complaint I had with the otherwise great movie, is that the direction seems to jump back and forth between being an edgy, witty comedy for adults and a warmhearted feel-good for the family. While I can see they were trying to be funny, and at the same time, touching - I felt the mixing could have been smoother.
But that aside, Butter takes the overdone, unoriginal underdog-in-a-competition plot line, and manages to turn it into a pretty decent film by injecting with quirky subject matter and diverse, great characters. Easily recommended.
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