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Butter (2012) — Stream on Howdy · CriticCrunch

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Butter

Movie2012·91 min

Butter

Directed by Jim Field Smith

A comedy film directed by Jim Field Smith.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 75%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.9/10

436 ratings

About Butter

An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: identity self discovery, ambition hubris, american regional, small town, rivals, parent child, underdog, outsider misfit, competition tournament, fish out of water

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Details

Director: Jim Field Smith
Language: English

Cast

Jennifer Garner, Yara Shahidi, Hugh Jackman

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How Butter Ranks

All movies

Top 75%

2010s movies

Top 68%

Comedy movies

Top 72%

Top 75% All movies.

the vibe

Butter Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followfunnybroadheartfeltplayfulcozy

What it's about

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

texture

playfulplayful

competition tournament

fish out of water

identity self discovery

ambition hubris

underdog

outsider misfit

rivals

parent child

american regional

small town

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9