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A tale of competition at its most cut-throat, Butter surveys the raw ambition of Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner), the wife of Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell), Iowa's long-reigning champion butter carver. For 15 years, Laura has relished her high-profile role as the beautiful, loyal helpmate to her affable, artistically gifted husband. But when Bob is pressured to retire and allow someone else a chance at glory, an indignant Laura decides to enter the competition herself. She is first in line on sign-up day, only to see her odds of victory fall below 100 with the arrival of an unlikely yet formidable contender: 10-year-old Destiny (Yara Shahidi), the African-American foster child of local couple Julie and Ethan (Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry). And that's not all. Bob's would-be mistress, bad-girl stripper Brooke (Olivia Wilde) also declares her candidacy, as does his #1 fan, Carol-Ann (Kristen Schaal). Facing three opponents, mocked by her stepdaughter Kaitlen (Ashley Greene) and furious with her husband, Laura resolves to do whatever it takes to win. And if that means resorting to sabotage - and recruiting her dim-witted former boyfriend Boyd (Hugh Jackman) as a co-conspirator - then so be it. (Anchor Bay)

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Malarkey 

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English I don’t know if it’s me, but lately I’ve quite often come across American independent comedies which have tried to focus on something specifically unusual and stick to it tooth and nail. I have probably never heard of a competition in which participants fight over who can create a nicer butter sculpture. And I don’t even know if I’ll ever see anything like that again, but I have to admit that I haven’t seen so many likeable characters in a movie in a long time. ()

kaylin 

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English When I first heard about the movie "Butter", it's already been a few months, I knew right away that this is exactly the type of film that interests me. A naive comedy that deals with a crazy enough topic to capture attention. Moreover, it has a great cast. Jennifer Garner and Olivia Wilde guarantee that there will be plenty of beauty, and they are also complemented by Alicia Silverstone and Ashley Greene. And on top of that, Hugh Jackman in a beautiful little role that suits him perfectly. And all of this in a story about butter sculptures. I know it's crazy, that the theme is absolutely silly, and deliberately taken very seriously, but that's exactly why I like such films. Something like the movie "Ready to Rumble". Simply a film that 95% of the population will not be interested in because it's basically about nothing, but I like such stories. They are beautifully strange in their own way and that's what makes them beautiful. They can be funny, they can be touching, and that's what I like. It's not great art, they don't pretend to be something they're not, but they try to offer entertainment to the viewers that at least for a moment makes them think about something quite nice. Even though there are always problems around us, they can be somehow solved. We can still believe that love is all around us. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/01/little-ashes-nezapomen-na-me-butter.html ()