Review of Black Butterfly (2017) by Meldrew — 08 Jun 2017

Any goodwill that Black Butterfly might have earned over 80 minutes is first seriously damaged by the too neat wrap-up, and then destroyed completely in the dying seconds.

This review of Black Butterfly (2017) was written by Meldrew on 08 Jun 2017.

Black Butterfly has generally received mixed reviews.

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