Duck Butter

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Duck Butter

Released Apr 27, 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

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

Aug 2, 2018

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

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

May 7, 2018

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

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

May 4, 2018

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

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

Rated: 2/5

Sep 1, 2021

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Matthew St. Clair

Cinema Sentries

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.

Oct 9, 2020

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

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.

Jun 11, 2020

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Varun

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/11/24

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Cronis

Really horrible, look Room in Rome

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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PridePosterStudios

Not here for poomour in any shape or form.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Julio A

Tem uma proposta muito interessante com alguns momentos de vergonha alheia. E claramente ficou estranho a cantora não ter voz....

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/10/23

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Caroline

I thought it really explored the 'are you crossing boundaries, or are you closed off?' question very well. I was constantly wondering throughout the movie what the 'duck butter' was that kept the relationship under tension, because I was always agreeing with a different character, albeit less and less. I also wonder if this movie was made to make men think. By the end, I was in a bad mood. I'm not always a fan of art that leaves a sour taste in my mouth, but it was good material nonetheless. I originally watched this to see how I like LGBTQ+ movies, and it turns out that some of the sex scenes impressed me. The fact that some people feel this movie 'has no plot' is kind of frustrating, because I believe the movie is supposed to leave you feeling like the relationship went nowhere.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

As the film began I realized this fulfilled many of my own more disappointing experiences, which sure, they understand a sense about lesbian relationships, a little too well. What little likability the characters have early on diminished by the second half. Tone is also a huge issue here, comedic episodes consistently end up feeling like drama.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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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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