Duck Butter

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Duck Butter

2018

1h 33m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Two women, jaded by dishonest and broken relationships, make a pact to spend 24 uninterrupted hours together, having sex on the hour. Their romantic experiment intends to create a new form of intimacy, but it doesn't quite go as planned.

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Critics Consensus

Duck Butter has a pair of compelling leads and a refreshing female-driven perspective, but its story is ultimately too thin to support a feature-length production.

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Heather Hogan

Autostraddle

08/02/2018

The sex was good but the delirious lesbian mumblecore didn't leave a lasting impression.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

05/07/2018

The director, Miguel Arteta (who co-wrote the script with Shawkat), finds no symbolic dimension or wider resonance in the schematic proceedings.

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

05/04/2018

What a feat for Shawkat in particular -- her myriad creative strengths are exemplified here, and I'm so excited for whatever she does next.

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

09/01/2021

2/5

Duck Butter only succeeds in making its characters feel uncomfortably trapped in a pact of their own making.

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinema Sentries

10/09/2020

Both Costa and Shawkat have intoxicating chemistry that makes the film worth watching. However... even though the story is intentionally simplistic, it still doesn't have much payoff by the end.

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

06/11/2020

Duck Butter is an odd movie, anchored and made great by sincere and painful writing, as well as two superb, often quite funny and raw performances that are among the bravest I've seen so far this year.

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Valentina S

@RT06322036 1d

Sergio was insufferable. She just grossed me out. . The character was so childish and needy. It was basic love bombing

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Sofía M. F

@MissGray Jan 19

There are some pros: The main character was interesting. The whole "let's be a couple for 24 hours" concept sounded promising. Nice sex scenes. HOWEVER after 10 minutes the movie felt like a dumpster fire of akward interactions between two "experimental" people who tried to be edgy but ended up looking like two very bored kids not knowing what romance between two grown ass women looks like. Did I take anything away from watching this movie? Yes one thing: Never allow a man to direct a movie about sappich love because it never ends well, this movie is no exeption.

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Bunny B

@RT65494537 03/20/2025

TERRIBLE MOVIE it didn’t made no sense. Plot all over the place, manic pixie dream girl coded. Mommy issues thrown in to explain it all. Took me three days to finish, only to find out it was written by a MAN. If you’re looking for LES movies recs this ain’t it. Don’t waste your time like I wasted mine, watch Drive Away Dolls instead

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Varun

@RT18430006 04/11/2024

It had very good performances by both of the lead actress, overall the plot was interesting and a satisfying climax . But don't seem to have proper character arc, i recommend this a one time watch also the pacing is very slow so keep that in mind.

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Cronis

@Cronis01 02/25/2024

Really horrible, look Room in Rome

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PridePosterStudios

@RT04271525 09/20/2023

Not here for poomour in any shape or form.

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Synopsis

Two women, jaded by dishonest and broken relationships, make a pact to spend 24 uninterrupted hours together, having sex on the hour. Their romantic experiment intends to create a new form of intimacy, but it doesn't quite go as planned.

Director: Miguel Arteta
Producer: Mel Eslyn, Natalie Qasabian
Screenwriter: Miguel Arteta, Alia Shawkat
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: Netflix, Duplass Brothers Productions, The Orchard
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 24, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.3K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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