Spinning into Butter (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Spinning Into Butter
| image = Spinning into butter.jpg
| caption = Promotional film poster
| director = Mark Brokaw
| starring = Sarah Jessica Parker
Mykelti Williamson
Miranda Richardson
Beau Bridges
| writer = Rebecca Gilman
Doug Atchison
| released = {{Film date|2007|08|20|Montreal World Cinema Festival|2009|03||United States}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| producer = Roger Howe
Sarah Jessica Parker
Ryan Howe
Norman Twain
Daniel Hank
| distributor = Screen Media Films
}}
Spinning Into Butter is a 2007 drama film written by Rebecca Gilman and Doug Atchison and loosely based on Gilman's play of the same name. It was directed by first-time director Mark Brokaw and produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, who also stars in the film. Spinning Into Butter was sold for distribution Cannes Film Market on May 17, 2007 and opened in the U.S. in March, 2009. The film concerns political correctness and racial identity.
Plot
When a New England liberal arts college experiences a hate crime against one of its few black students, the school's dean of students must respond publicly to the incident while privately confronting her own latent racism and prejudice.
Cast
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Daniels
- Miranda Richardson as Catherine Kenney
- Beau Bridges as Burton Strauss
- Paul James as Simon Brick
- Mykelti Williamson as Aaron Carmicheal
- Victor Rasuk as Patrick Chibas
- Betsy Beutler as Lee
Reception
As of March 2018, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 16% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 32 reviews with an average score of 3.6/10.{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spinning_into_butter/ |title=Spinning Into Butter (2009) ! Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2010-03-19}} The site's consensus of reviews was:
:"Both leaden and stilted, Spinning Into Butter is an unsubtle drama with stagy direction and lackluster dialogue."
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0469976|Spinning Into Butter}}
Category:Films about race and ethnicity
Category:Works subject to expurgation
Category:2007 directorial debut films
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films produced by Norman Twain
Category:English-language drama films
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