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Spinning Into Butter

  • 20072007
  • RR
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
953
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POPULARITY
59,390
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Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, and Paul James in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
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A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race and prejudice, while maintaining her administrat... Read allA hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race and prejudice, while maintaining her administration's politically correct policies.A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race and prejudice, while maintaining her administration's politically correct policies.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
953
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
59,390
276
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Mark Brokaw
    • Writers
      • Doug Atchison
      • Rebecca Gilman(play)
    • Stars
      • Sarah Jessica Parker
      • Miranda Richardson
      • Victor Rasuk
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Mark Brokaw
    • Writers
      • Doug Atchison
      • Rebecca Gilman(play)
    • Stars
      • Sarah Jessica Parker
      • Miranda Richardson
      • Victor Rasuk
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
    • 20Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Spinning Into Butter
    Trailer 2:27
    Spinning Into Butter

    Photos10

    Sarah Jessica Parker in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Beau Bridges in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Miranda Richardson in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Sarah Jessica Parker in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Sarah Jessica Parker in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Sarah Jessica Parker in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
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    Sarah Jessica Parker, Beau Bridges, and Mykelti Williamson in Spinning Into Butter (2007)
    Still of Emma Myles and Victor Rasuk in Spinning Into Butter

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    Sarah Jessica Parker
    Sarah Jessica Parker
    • Sarah Daniels
    Miranda Richardson
    Miranda Richardson
    • Dean Catherine Kenney
    Victor Rasuk
    Victor Rasuk
    • Patrick Chibas
    Jake M. Smith
    Jake M. Smith
    • Jason
    Becky Ann Baker
    Becky Ann Baker
    • Ruby
    Daniel Eric Gold
    Daniel Eric Gold
    • Nathan
    Richard Riehle
    Richard Riehle
    • Paul Meyers
    Paul James
    Paul James
    • Simon Brick
    Beau Bridges
    Beau Bridges
    • Dean Burton Strauss
    Peter Friedman
    Peter Friedman
    • Jay Salter
    Jessi Campbell
    • Lindsey
    Emma Myles
    Emma Myles
    • Anika
    Enver Gjokaj
    Enver Gjokaj
    • Greg Sullivan
    DeWanda Wise
    DeWanda Wise
    • Claudia Thompson
    Jimonn Cole
    • Tyler Hogan
    Genevieve Elam
    • Rita Chambers
    Mykelti Williamson
    Mykelti Williamson
    • Aaron Carmichael
    Harry Zittel
    Harry Zittel
    • Reid
    • Director
      • Mark Brokaw
    • Writers
      • Doug Atchison
      • Rebecca Gilman(play)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Michelle Beck and Betsy Beutler's debut.
    • Connections
      Features Little Black Sambo (1935)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Ryan Howe and Mark Davis

      Performed by Madd Flo and Richard Stites

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    User reviews16

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    Top review
    5/10
    Plastic facade...
    You know, there could have been a decent story here, but so many "isms" and trite dialog (like a very bad David Mamet play "Oleanna" about sex discrimination....very trite and pointless. Forced dialog that NEVER occurs in real life does not a film make.

    Beau Bridges as Dean of a Vermont college, reciting the story of "Little Black Sambo"?.....it doesn't ring true and SJP while sometimes good, overdoes the fake agenda here...:"I used to be a decent person, then avoided black men on the subway".... Have we regressed yet again to 1970?.

    The final hour of this film is simply awful for anyone with an I.Q. who has lived or worked in a city, any city in a real world. Frankly, I am tired of SJP and that "Carrie Bradshaw" is representative of NY women who are caring, open, emotional, but get hurt when they wear their heart on their sleeve. Trite and awful. The audience deserves better.
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    • MarieGabrielle
    • Jun 22, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Salvando las apariencias
    • Filming locations
      • Drew University - 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Whitsett Hill Films
      • Norman Twain Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,064
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,534
      • Mar 29, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,064
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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