Black Butterfly

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Black Butterfly

R

Released May 26, 2017

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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On the outskirts of a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul, a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter with a drifter named Jack, Paul offers Jack a place to stay. Soon, the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game that will bring at least one tale to an end.

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April Wolfe

Village Voice

Banderas should be in a real King adaptation, not a paraphrase of one.

Nov 30, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Black Butterfly [is] a strong, if still somewhat vexing, thriller I'm glad I took the time to watch.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 26, 2017

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Vikram Murthi

RogerEbert.com

A charmless, nonsensical thriller that doubles as a hack screenwriter's wet dream, filled to the brim with faux-insights that wouldn't impress even the most inattentive college freshmen.

Rated: 1/4

May 26, 2017

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Constantly plays like a film that thinks it's much smarter than it really is.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 3, 2020

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Sean Mulvihill

FanboyNation.com

Black Butterfly would've be a modest but effective thriller had its creative team not attempted to get too clever.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 31, 2018

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Chris Evangelista

CutPrintFilm

There's a lot of material here for a tidy little thriller, but Goodman and screenwriters Justin Stanley and Marc Frydman don't seem to know how to stick the landing.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 29, 2017

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melissa c

Well, I have been living under a rock apparently because I just found this movie. I think it’s a really good psychological thriller and the ending is awesome!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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Jeffrey P

Paint-by-numbers psychological thriller, minus the thrills, with solid acting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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angela g

this movie is a great movie Antonio Banderas and Johnathan Rhys Myers do really great jobs at acting in this movie piper Perabo does a really good job as well the movie has a whole bunch of twist and turns watch it u will like this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Kyle J

I thought it was implausible at first: Who would pick up a rough drifter on the road? Who would offer him a room and shower in his remote cabin? So many increasingly bad things happen easily foreseen by anyone but the driver/host. Then it all makes sense near the end. I like it ‘cause the good guys win. Then they ruin it with a final twist used by every middle-school short-story writer. Sheesh!!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/16/24

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Jelisije J

I don't care if I spoiled this movie for you because everything in this movie is wasted because of ridiculous ending.... it was all a dream.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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brenda c

Loved it. Unpredictable. Great acting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

On the outskirts of a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul, a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter with a drifter named Jack, Paul offers Jack a place to stay. Soon, the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game that will bring at least one tale to an end.

Director: Brian Goodman
Producer: Monika Bacardi, Alberto Burgueño, Marc Frydman, Juan Antonio García Peredo, Alexandra Klim, Silvio Muraglia, Andrea Iervolino
Screenwriter: Justin Stanley, Marc Frydman
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: Paradox Studios, Ambi Pictures, Notorious Pictures, Battleplan Productions
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 26, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 26, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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