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The Butterfly Tree
2017
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The Butterfly Tree
Positive Reviews
5
Negative reviews
8
Average Rating
2.2
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1.5
That doesnt make The Butterfly Tree a particularly unified or cohesive exercise at script level.
Variety
3.0
Evelyn is played with requisite, multi layered charm and sophistication by Melissa George But the unfolding of it doesnt quite sit right.
The Guardian
1.5
The duo warm to her charms separately, but it doesnt take long for an unconventional love triangle to form.
Screen Daily
1.5
The duo warm to her charms separately, but it doesnt take long for an unconventional love triangle to form.
Screen Daily
4.5
Oxenbould himself is a more convincing hangdog than horndog, and just as well; by the end hes gained a mother.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
His low slung vintage convertible seems emblematic of the fact or maybe its just another symptom of the films emphatically retro production design.
Smh
3.0
If occasional forays into CGI fantasy betray the low budget, the production design and cinematography are, for the most part, gorgeous.
Flim List
3.6
The films narrative has a pleasing intimacy to it, effectively working as a four hander.
Film Ink
0.5
Oedipal wackiness, arch stabs at farce, and nickel and dime fantasy frolics ensue, producing a seriously disagreeable stir of unmixable narrative and ..
Cinema Scope
1.5
The films mostly satisfactory dialogue, meanwhile, occasionally stumbles into stilted territory.
Four Three Film
2.0
Given how lush Priscilla Camerons debut feature The Butterfly Tree appears, its a real shame that the material at hand doesnt match its aesthetic.
The AU Review
1.5
Cameron strives for a quirky magic realism that she cant quite pull off. The leads are all fine, and some of the photography achieves an iridescent wo ..
Movie Talk
2.0
It may look like a vibrant and heartfelt story, but its colourful faade masks an empty and deeply uncomfortable situation.
The Upcoming
3.0
Unfortunately and like too many good Australian film of late The Butterfly Tree has arrived with almost no profile and so is destined to topple over t ..
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