Butter (2012)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

I watched Butter without first seeing a trailer or reading up on it, which I normally do. What drew me to choose this movie, even though I don't like Jennifer Garner, was that I'm from Iowa. The stupidity of the subject of the movie, butter, brings forth other more realistic issues/ topics. The only disappointment of the film was that Jennifer Garner's character didn't get the feces kicked out of her. Plus, Hugh Jackman plays a huge jackass. But, if they weren't in the film, I probably would have liked the "bad guys." And to anyone not from Iowa, I never knew butter carving existed & I'm pretty sure most Iowans are with me.

After 15 years on top, Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell) is being pushed out of butter sculpting and he's fine with it. On the other hand, his ambitious wife Laura (Jennifer Garner) is not fine with it at all. While Bob seeks comfort from stripper Brooke/Tokyo Rose (Olivia Wilde) in his car, Laura crashes into them. Brooke still wants her $600 that she works so hard squeezing out of Bob. Laura enters the butter contest to continue the family winning streak. Brooke enters the contest to spite Laura. Meanwhile foster kid Destiny (Yara Shahidi) has another new family in Jill (Alicia Silverstone) and Ethan (Rob Corddry). She just wants to sculpt butter.It's more quirky than funny. Even though it takes a lot of jabs at middle America, it's not anything terribly mean-spirited. For a dark comedy, it has very light tone. Other than Laura, everybody else is quite nice. In fact, it also takes jabs at the soy eating Jill. If there is any problematic stereotype, it's yet another wise old soul in a little black girl. They're better off to add a sharper edge to her character. There is a low simmering charm about this movie that grows over time. The funniest characters are the two edgier characters Laura and Brooke. They deliver a couple of funny moments.

I'm not exactly a fan of butter. The actual one, you can eat (fry or sculpture or whatever else might come to mind). But the movie I watched was really funny. I didn't expect it to be so good. Of course it does have clichés and you know where this is going without me having to tell you, but the way it takes to reach its goal is really noteworthy! Especially the fact that it goes all out and got an "R"-rating in America! All that with a kid in a main role.But what a kid! She is really good and I defy anyone not seeing her talent (also apparent in the blooper reel that is included on the disc). It doesn't stop there though: You have Olivia Wilde (who makes good on her last name), Jennifer Garner really going for it. Especially when it comes to combining a sexual encounter with light humor (not the only scene that handles that combination though). If you can dig that ... eat it

Simply a fun movie, well written, performed and directed. I didn't expect a lot going in, but found laughter in almost every scene. The child is adorable and in the last over-the-top sugary scene, you could almost believe a kid this sainted could exist. A talented young performer.I consider myself as someone with a good sense of humor, one who can see a joke being set up a minute before it hits you. But there were a lot of fun surprises. Very inventive stuff. Being someone who is not unfamiliar with the oddities of "health food," the joke about seitan was appreciated by me, but probably lost on the majority in the audience. (The IMDb spell checker here isn't laughing either.)'twould be nice to know if the foster father and the little girl were improvising in the car scene before she goes in to sign up for the competition. It seemed spontaneous. If it was, the kid is a comic genius. If not, it was just fun writing. The images kicked back and forth in that scene were reminiscent of some of the really zany stuff that I loved in the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips a few years back.Check out Butter and enjoy.