Butterfly Kiss (1995)

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writers:

Frank Cottrell Boyce (writer)
Michael Winterbottom (idea)

Release Date:

26 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

A story of love and redemption.

Plot:

Eunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Lesbianism | Lesbian | Murder | Corpse

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Amanda Plummer	...	Eunice
Kathy Jamieson	...	Wendy
Saskia Reeves	...	Miriam
Des McAleer	...	Eric McDermott
Lisa Riley	...	Danielle
Freda Dowie	...	Elsie
Paula Tilbrook	...	Ella
Fine Time Fontayne	...	Tony
Elizabeth McGrath	...	Waitress
Joanne Cook	...	Angela
Shirley Vaughan	...	Waitress
Paul Bown	...	Gary
Emily Aston	...	Katie
Ricky Tomlinson	...	Robert
Katy Murphy	...	Judith

Also Known As:

Killer on the Road

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Singapore:(Banned) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Hong Kong:III | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

British Screen Productions

Quotes:

Miriam's Mom: If you never go out, you'll never do no evil.

Soundtrack:

There's More To Life Than This

Bad girls, bad girls--whatcha gonna do?

Amanda Plummer continues her tradition of oddball and perfectly drawn characters in Butterfly Kiss. In fact, her extended cameo in Pulp Fiction comes across as somewhat well balanced in contrast to her portrayal of this dented and damaged road weary dominatrix in search of a soulmate on one of Britain's anonymous northern roads.

Thelma and Louise? Well, yes, I suppose, but Butterfly Kiss has more in common with John Huston's little known masterpiece Wise Blood than with Ridley Scott's dust-borne epic of the great American Southwest. There are two women in both movies--but Little Women is not Thelma and Louise cubed.

There are some beautiful loose ends in this one. Why is Plummer's character the way she is? Where's she been? How did this come about? Adding to that is the fact that the accents are thick as steel padlocks and what you should have is a confusing mess. Instead, Plummer pulls this off with such aplomb that you don't care about any of that. What's she going to do next? That's the real question in Butterfly Kiss, and you'll hang on just to find out.

I loved this. Rent it for a couple of days because you'll want to see it a couple of times before you're done with it.