Butter Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Jan. 5, 2022

Butter

Release Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 Limited

Mira Sorvino, Mykelti Williamson, Ravi Patel, Paul A. Kaufman, Monte Markham, Annabeth Gish, Brian Van Holt, Jake Austin Walker, McKaley Miller, Jack Griffo, Alex Kersting, Adain Bradley, Matthew Gold, Natalie Valerin, Jessie Rabideau

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

The film tells the story of Butter (Alex Kersting), a smart, funny high school junior who happens to be obese. Butter manages to befriend the prettiest girl at school, Anna (McKaley Miller), via social media by pretending to be a jock from another school. Butter fears he can never tell Anna, his secret crush, who he really is - sure she would never accept him and his obesity. Meanwhile, Butter struggles with self- esteem and family issues, as his mother (Sorvino) feels the only way she can show her love is by feeding him. Facing constant bullying at school, Butter finally devises a crazy plan: he announces he is going to eat himself to death, on New Year’s Eve, live on the Internet – with the whole school invited to watch. Butter expects pity, insults, and sheer indifference. Instead he gets cheerleaders rallying around his deadly plan, and his social media fame makes him a sudden member of the school’s in crowd. As Butter’s popularity grows, so does his new friendship with Anna. But as New Year’s approaches can he live with the fallout if he doesn't go through with his plans?

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Butter.

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Alex Kersting
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Mira Sorvino
Sound of Freedom, The Sound of Freedom
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Mykelti Williamson
Fences, Forrest Gump
B
Brian Van Holt
Boneyard , Sweet Dreams
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Ravi Patel
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Dashing Through the Snow
A
Annabeth Gish
Ride, Texas Killing Fields
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McKaley Miller
Ma, You're Killing Me
J
Jack Griffo
The 2nd, Sid Is Dead
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Adain Bradley
Tarot, Wrong Turn
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Natalie Valerin
J
Jake Austin Walker
12 Mighty Orphans, The Chaperone
M
Matthew Gold

Crew Behind the Film

The Butter behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director: Paul A. Kaufman
Screenwriter: Paul A. Kaufman

Studio: Blue Fox Entertainment
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Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for mature thematic content involving suicide, crude sexual material, language, and drinking - all involving teens
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Official Butter movie trailers and clips.

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Butter Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Butter movie production.

Production Updates

Dec 2021

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Butter was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, February 25, 2022. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including The Desperate Hour, Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming and Big Gold Brick. As a limited release, Butter was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

United States

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