The Blue Butterfly

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The Blue Butterfly

PG

2004

1h 36m

Adventure

Drama

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9 Reviews

64%

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

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

12/22/2005

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

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

03/05/2004

3/5

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.

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Stephen Cole

Globe and Mail

03/05/2004

2.5/4

Feels as forced and sentimental as one of those disease-of-the-week melodramas that were once the mainstay of U.S. television.

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Eric Campos

Film Threat

07/13/2004

1/5

Something like an unfunny version of "Dutch."

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Film Threat

05/04/2004

1/5

Brendan Kelly

Montreal Gazette

04/24/2004

3/4

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05/21/2013

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.

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02/24/2013

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

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01/01/2013

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

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03/07/2012

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!

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01/29/2012

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

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09/07/2011

This movie was so touching

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Léa Pool

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William Hurt

Alan Osborne

Pascale Bussières

Teresa Carlton

Marc Donato

Pete Carlton

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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