
Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy.
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| Screen InternationalNikki BaughanUltimately, it works as both a character study and welcome example of an LGBTQ film in which none of the characters are defined by their sexuality or gender, but by their individual choices — both good, and bad. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanThere’s dialogue, but very little interchange. The movie makes your average mumblecore mumblefest sound like Preston Sturges. |
| Film Journal InternationalAnna StormAt times cloyingly precious, at other moments very sexy, Duck Butter succeeds on the talent of its two terrific lead actresses. |
| The Muse/JezebelRich JuzwiakThis movie boldly sticks its nose where others don't. |
| AutostraddleHeather HoganThe sex was good but the delirious lesbian mumblecore didn't leave a lasting impression. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshShawkat's writerly voice in Duck Butter is deeply personal and probing. The film is funny and honest and Arteta, working with cinematographer Hillary Spera, balances the intimate material with a light, airy sensuality. Shawkat and Costa each give intensely powerful performances, and together they are magnetic. |
| The New York TimesManohla Dargis[Ms. Shawkat] and Mr. Arteta, a sensitive observer of life’s everyday churn (his credits include “Beatriz at Dinner”), do some lovely work in a movie that reminds you that sometimes all you need in realist fiction is a glimpse into another person’s being — but with heart and intelligence, good craft and technique. |
| SlateLena WilsonIf you can step outside of your comfort zone, like Shawkat and Costa demonstrate with their brazen performances, this is worth a watch. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaDuck Butter is a lot — I felt dizzy upon leaving the theater, like I myself had just gone through that same wired 24 hours the protagonists did. For that, I have to give Arteta and Shawkat props — and as the writing debut for the latter, it isn’t shabby at all |
| IndieWireEric KohnThe movie amounts to a tame, forgettable doodle, as if designed to imitate the scruffy Duplass movies that Naima worships; for Shawcat, however, it’s a promising step in a new direction that suggests a far more confident artist than the one she plays onscreen. |