The Blue Butterfly

Play trailer

The Blue Butterfly

PG

Released Feb 20, 2004

1h 36m

Adventure

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

44%

Tomatometer

9 Reviews

64%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

An entomologist (William Hurt) takes a woman (Pascale Bussières) and her terminally ill son (Marc Donato) to the jungle to find a butterfly.

Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 4, 2006

Full Review

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

The patronizing, gratuitous sentimentality undermines what could and should have been a simple story of courage and beauty.

Dec 22, 2005

Full Review

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Pete McCormack's script only occasionally yields to melodrama. Mostly it allows the characters to breathe freely, expressing a greater range of human emotion than just love and sympathy.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 5, 2004

Full Review

Eric Campos

Film Threat

Something like an unfunny version of "Dutch."

Rated: 1/5

Jul 13, 2004

Full Review

Film Threat

Rated: 1/5

May 4, 2004

Full Review

Brendan Kelly

Montreal Gazette

Rated: 3/4

Apr 24, 2004

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

It was very nice to watch, insects, butterflies... beautiful... however, kind of lackluster... it was cool to know that it was based on true life events.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

Full Review

Audience Member

no se....la historia era muy prometedora, lindas tomas,buena música y con mucha enseñanza....pero el final .... fue como un"terminemos ya!!".... :(

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

Full Review

Audience Member

The patronizing, gratuitous sentimentality undermines what could and should have been a simple story of courage and beauty.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Film was cute but not the best. Living in Costa Rica caused me to want to see it. Chasing Morpho butterflies is truly a hobby of mine!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

Full Review

Audience Member

One of those movies that your grandma would love...and people who love the sentimental types that feel unintentionally awkward..

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

Full Review

Audience Member

This movie was so touching

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Léa Pool

Director

William Hurt

Alan Osborne

Pascale Bussières

Teresa Carlton

Marc Donato

Pete Carlton

Steve Adams

Presenter

Raoul Max Trujillo

Alejo

I Am David

38%

83%

I Am David

Watchlist

The Snow Walker

86%

79%

The Snow Walker

Watchlist

Two Brothers

79%

75%

Two Brothers

Watchlist

Life of Pi

86%

84%

Life of Pi

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Life of Pi

Big Miracle

74%

64%

Big Miracle

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

An entomologist (William Hurt) takes a woman (Pascale Bussières) and her terminally ill son (Marc Donato) to the jungle to find a butterfly.

Director: Léa Pool
Producer: Francine Allaire, Claude Bonin, Arnie Gelbart, Michael Haggiag
Rating: PG (Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 20, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 9, 2017
Runtime: 1h 36m