Review of Butterflies Are Free (1972) by Gregory M — 30 Jun 2012

A foolish film without likeable characters. Watching it now is even worse than watching it in 1972 when it first reared its ugly head. The language, ideas and silly dialogue date BAF mercilessly, making it more like a cartoon than a film with a message, which is what it''s supposed to be.

Goldie Hawn plays a sexually liberated hippie type, and Edward Albert plays a stiff, repressed victim of his doting mom although he is eager to defy social norms in order to rankle her straitlaced persona.

However, no one is free in real life, and acting like an airhead becomes annoying after five minutes. File this one in the trash.