Butter
{5/5} “When I think about butter, I think about family. Why? Like the thread of a grandmother’s quilt, butter is the centrepiece of a family dinner. And family, in turn, is the thread that holds our great country together.”
Butter, released in 2011
Bob Pickler has been carving things out of butter for years, winning top prize each year in Iowa. He even carved a replica of “The Last Supper.” When he’s asked to step down and let other people win he’s ready to do so, but his wife is not. Laura enters the next contest herself. Destiny is a young girl who’s been in a few foster homes — she enters the contest too and turns out to be very good.
This movie has an astonishing cast and a terrific sense of humour.
Yara Shahidi plays Destiny. Hugh Jackman has a fun cameo.
Stars Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Rob Corddry, Alicia Silverstone, Phyllis Smith, Kristen Schaal, and Olivia Wilde. Directed by Jim Field Smith (She’s Out of My League).