SummaryA French diplomat (Irons) in China falls in love with the star (Lone) of the Beijing Opera, who is really a man.
Directed By:David Cronenberg
Written By:David Henry Hwang
M. Butterfly
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Mixed or Average
43
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Generally Favorable
6.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
21% Positive
4 Reviews
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53% Mixed
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26% Negative
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The exceptional story of a low-level diplomat who had a 20-year affair with a man he thought was a woman, is, in Cronenberg's hands, turned into a beguiling masterpiece on the question of self-deception. [01 Oct 1993]
63
M. Butterfly does not take hold the way the stage play did.
50
Cronenberg's direction is technically impressive, but he's better suited to stories based on surges of feeling between killers, not lovers. This M. Butterfly never takes wing. [08 Oct 1993]
50
Despite the sheer gorgeousness, it ends up feeling false and, towards the end, rushed.
40
M. Butterfly, the David Cronenberg film of David Henry Hwang's Broadway play, fumbles its romantic and political metaphors and loses the game.
30
This butterfly just doesn't fly. Icy, surprisingly conventional and never truly convincing.
0
Director David Cronenberg has made a movie about a man who apparently needs to get his eyes checked. [08 Oct 1993]
User score
Generally Favorable
67% Positive
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Nov 5, 2022
8
Final extremamente surpreendente. Não esperava nem de longe um plot daquele.
