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Butterfly Man
2002
A backpacker falls in love with a local masseuse whilst on a trip to the Gulf of Thailand. Read more
| Starring | Stuart Laing, Napakpapha Nakprasitte, Francis Magee, Kirsty Mitchell |
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| Director | Kaprice Kea |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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A laudable motive and some glorious scenery are not enough to distract from the clichés and caricatures that blight this mediocre exposé of the seedy underside of Thai tourism. The drama gets off to a shaky start with British backpacker Stuart Laing's contrived Bangkok break-up with sulky girlfriend Kirsty Mitchell. Things improve marginally when Laing embarks on a cross-cultural romance with Thai masseuse Napakpapha Nakprasitte, but the action lurches back to lumpen melodrama when penury drives him into the clutches of a gang of human traffickers. Writer/director Kaprice Kea's visual sense is fine, but his pacing is wayward and Laing's prosaic performance also does the production no favours.
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Danny Boyle may have come a cropper with The Beach, but that hasn't deterred Bangkok-based British expat Kaprice Kea... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Better Than
...but still a truly shoddy piece of exploitation cinema.
Wooden acting and ludicrous directing could make this unintentionally funny if it wasn't for the leaden earnestness that surrounds the whole project.
That said, it is a more accurate portrayal of the average tourist experience of Thailand than 'The Beach', so long time visitors to the country might enjoy the scenery, but for those genuinely interested in Thailand beyond the surface cliches would be better directed to 'Tears Of The Black Tiger' or any one of the new wave of Thai cinema. -
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Nice film, when the unexpected happens in ones life, its for the best.You will enjoy watching it.
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Nice film, when the unexpected happens in ones life, its for the best.You will enjoy watching it.
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Better Than
...but still a truly shoddy piece of exploitation cinema.
Wooden acting and ludicrous directing could make this unintentionally funny if it wasn't for the leaden earnestness that surrounds the whole project.
That said, it is a more accurate portrayal of the average tourist experience of Thailand than 'The Beach', so long time visitors to the country might enjoy the scenery, but for those genuinely interested in Thailand beyond the surface cliches would be better directed to 'Tears Of The Black Tiger' or any one of the new wave of Thai cinema. -
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Nice film, when the unexpected happens in ones life, its for the best.You will enjoy watching it.
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Critics' reviews (2)
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A laudable motive and some glorious scenery are not enough to distract from the clichés and caricatures that blight this mediocre exposé of the seedy underside of Thai tourism. The drama gets off to a shaky start with British backpacker Stuart Laing's contrived Bangkok break-up with sulky girlfriend Kirsty Mitchell. Things improve marginally when Laing embarks on a cross-cultural romance with Thai masseuse Napakpapha Nakprasitte, but the action lurches back to lumpen melodrama when penury drives him into the clutches of a gang of human traffickers. Writer/director Kaprice Kea's visual sense is fine, but his pacing is wayward and Laing's prosaic performance also does the production no favours.
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Danny Boyle may have come a cropper with The Beach, but that hasn't deterred Bangkok-based British expat Kaprice Kea... read more on Time Out
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