Butter

Oct 5, 2012

1h 30m

★ 5.9

A comedy about sex, power and spreading the wealth.

Overview

An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Michael De Luca Productions

Vandalia Films

Butter Trailers

Cast

Laura Pickler

Jennifer Garner

Destiny

Yara Shahidi

Boyd Bolton

Hugh Jackman

Bob Pickler

Ty Burrell

Brooke Swinkowski

Olivia Wilde

Julie Emmet

Alicia Silverstone

Ethan Emmet

Rob Corddry

Kaitlen Pickler

Ashley Greene

Ned Eaten

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Carol-Ann Stevenson

Kristen Schaal

Nancy

Phyllis Smith

Orval Flanagan

Garrett Schenck

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