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  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Butter (Alex Kersting) is a smart, funny high school junior who happens to be obese. Butter manages to befriend the prettiest girl at school, Anna (McKaley Miller), via social media by pretending to be a jock from another school. Butter fears he can never tell Anna, his secret crush, who he really is - sure she would never accept him and...

Directed By: Paul A. Kaufman

Written By: Erin Jade Lange, Paul A. Kaufman

  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 51 m

Butter

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Summary Butter (Alex Kersting) is a smart, funny high school junior who happens to be obese. Butter manages to befriend the prettiest girl at school, Anna (McKaley Miller), via social media by pretending to be a jock from another school. Butter fears he can never tell Anna, his secret crush, who he really is - sure she would never accept him and...

Directed By: Paul A. Kaufman

Written By: Erin Jade Lange, Paul A. Kaufman

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Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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75% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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63
Feb 25, 2022
Ultimately, it is, like its conflicted hero, sweet and likable, and you wish it well.
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 25, 2022
Instead of exploring the more complex dynamics of adolescent social structure, it limits itself to an artificial set-up and a superficial level of storytelling, more afterschool special than feature film.
By Nell Minow FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 25, 2022
For all its ache and churning emotions, “Butter” winds up being little more than a meager “Afterschool Special.”
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 25, 2022
While it may resonate for some young viewers, anyone whose reality really resembles that of the film’s protagonist should probably look elsewhere.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company The Kaufman Company, The Power of Us Entertainment, Branded Pictures Entertainment, Particular Crowd
Release Date Feb 25, 2022
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Popularity has an expiration date.
Website https://www.facebook.com/butterthemovie/
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Awards

New York Film Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Block Island Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Socially Relevant Film Festival NY
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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