M. Butterfly
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Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    50
    Despite the sheer gorgeousness, it ends up feeling false and, towards the end, rushed.
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  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    30
    The fundamental problems with David Cronenberg's disastrous 1993 adaptation, written by Hwang himself, are twofold: the unsuitability of such a premise for film, where the actors and audience no longer share the same space, and the miscasting of Jeremy Irons as the accountant and John Lone as the diva.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    M. Butterfly does not take hold the way the stage play did.
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