Butter on the Latch

Name: Butter on the Latch
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Released: November 14, 2014
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 60

2014

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Cinelicious Pics | Release Date: November 14, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Sarah (Sarah Small) leaves the city for the apparent safety of a Balkan music camp hidden deep in the California woods. Once there she reconnects with a former friend, Isolde (Isolde Chae-Lawrence) and does some hilariously foul-mouthed female bonding – until she finds herself growing attracted to a hunky male camper, Steph (CharlieSarah (Sarah Small) leaves the city for the apparent safety of a Balkan music camp hidden deep in the California woods. Once there she reconnects with a former friend, Isolde (Isolde Chae-Lawrence) and does some hilariously foul-mouthed female bonding – until she finds herself growing attracted to a hunky male camper, Steph (Charlie Hewson). Gradually her already-frayed grip on reality starts to unravel. [Cinelicious Pictures]… Expand

Director: Josephine Decker

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 72 min

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Michael Nordine

Nov 11, 2014

There are no jump-scares in this sensuous thriller, and the lack of anything corporeal on which to focus our unease only makes Butter on the Latch more darkly exhilarating. Read full review

Jenni Miller

Nov 13, 2014

The different techniques Decker uses — the improvised dialogue that feels like listening to one side of a phone conversation, the woozy cinematography and sound design, the disorienting editing — create a sense of claustrophobia. The film’s world is beautiful and scary, but also as intimate as a childhood sleepover. Read full review

Kate Erbland

Nov 13, 2014

Decker’s style is experimental, but not abrasive, and Butter demonstrates her ability to retain an audience’s attention even when refusing to give them a clear story told in a traditional manner. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Nov 13, 2014

There’s something deeper — and deeply original — going on in Decker’s film that demands either a second viewing or a willingness to push past easy dismissal (certainly by conventional standards, the film seems hopelessly amateurish). Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Nov 13, 2014

Butter on the Latch thrives on its casually true snapshots of confusion and connection. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Nov 11, 2014

Decker is good at articulating sinister moods and unstable psyches, but anything resembling a cogent narrative is challenged. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Nov 13, 2014

The film just looks a mess, apart from some of the rather pretty shots of banana slugs and redwoods. It doesn’t help that the characters, even accounting for how little developed they are, come across as entitled, self-absorbed brats, and that the very title is, on a first viewing, a complete enigma. At least it’s only 72 minutes long. Read full review

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