Review of Butterfly (1982) by Rob L — 31 Dec 2011

Terrible sleazy melodrama movie. Pia Zadora is terrible.

This review of Butterfly (1982) was written by Rob L on 31 Dec 2011.

Butterfly has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Dave R (1,620) on 01 Mar 2012

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By Michael T (3,420) on 15 May 2015

Campy infamous bad movie holds the attention due to its awfulness, and Pia Zadora playing 'dramatic' scenes with Orson Welles is nothing to sneeze at…

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By Timothy A (304) on 08 Sep 2012

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By Lee M (4,001) on 20 Oct 2008

A cinematic oddity -- Zadora won a Golden Globe and TWO Razzies for the SAME role --- Butterfly is entertaining for all the wrong reasons…

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I had never seen Pia Zadora. She wasn't as awful as I'd been lead to believe. Wasn't good either…

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By Dorothy H (145) on 25 Feb 2016

I liked this movie and thought it was very well acted by pia Isadora and Stacy Keach as well as all of the others in the movie…

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By Denise A (572) on 22 Jul 2012

It's one of those kind of movies when ur like maybe I shouldn't be watching this, lol. It's Ok. Just wierd…

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Pia Zadora's debut! Ahhhhh this was pretty good, in terms of tawdry potboilers go. Zadora gets all the best lines here…

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By Ed M (343) on 03 Sep 2010

This movie has its moments…

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By Jack K (247) on 17 Apr 2009

The most fun you can legally have watching a movie…

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