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- 2018
- TV-MA
- The Orchard
- 1 h 33 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- The Orchard
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy.
Directed By: Miguel Arteta
Written By: Alia Shawkat, Miguel Arteta
- 2018
- TV-MA
- The Orchard
- 1 h 33 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- The Orchard
- 1 h 33 m
Duck Butter
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4.9
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Summary Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy.
Directed By: Miguel Arteta
Written By: Alia Shawkat, Miguel Arteta
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
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35% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
58
65% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Shawkat's writerly voice in Duck Butter is deeply personal and probing. The film is funny and honest and Arteta, working with cinematographer Hillary Spera, balances the intimate material with a light, airy sensuality. Shawkat and Costa each give intensely powerful performances, and together they are magnetic.
Ultimately, it works as both a character study and welcome example of an LGBTQ film in which none of the characters are defined by their sexuality or gender, but by their individual choices — both good, and bad.
Like its characters, Duck Butter is imperfect, but unlike human objects of our affection, it’s attractive despite its flaws rather than because of them.
By compressing everything into an overheated 24-hour period, Duck Butter is able to explore the highs and lows in extreme circumstances, where the importance of every moment and action is heightened.
Duck Butter is clever without being all that hilarious, and personal without being all that revealing.
There’s dialogue, but very little interchange. The movie makes your average mumblecore mumblefest sound like Preston Sturges.
Watching a couple bicker about the specifics of their relationship can be illuminating when done right, but here it becomes a chore, the problems they encounter feeling contrived and silly.
User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
4.9
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User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
4.9
29% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
43% Mixed
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3 Ratings
29% Negative
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