Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: May 1, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 2, 2023
Schaefer and Lawler pack their rounded vignette of full-frame 16mm film with contradictions, thematic mirrors, and unexplainable phenomena that confounds in its beauty just as easily as it enlightens through its complexity. Read full review
80
Film ThreatLorry KiktaMay 2, 2023
If you like anything David Lynch or any of the surrealist masters, like Luis Bunuel have ever made, then you will like Giving Birth to a Butterfly. It also has a kick of Douglas Sirk/Ranier Fassbinder melodrama which I always love. If these are things you seek out in films, you will be right at home here. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaMay 17, 2023
The forced profundity of the “Butterfly” script undermines the film’s enthralling sense of atmosphere, which drips with melancholy, menace and wonder. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 18, 2023
More often, the weirdness and affectations seem gratuitous. Even for a movie meant to be offbeat, the rhythm is jarringly askew. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 15, 2023
The entire enterprise feels like a piece of experimental theater that needs further workshopping before it’s ready for the stage. Read full review
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