Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

watusis The movie has a good story line but the actors did not look like Dominicans and I soon learned that it was filmed in Mexico and that explained why they nor the people in the filmed didn't look Dominican. After I envisioned it in Santo Domingo I did enjoy the Movie. But everyone looked Mexican so that really threw me off.The film is also based on a true story making it more interesting for me to view. I had heard of Trujillo regime but it was really interesting to view a story of a family affected during his tyranny. I want to share this movie with my mom and family who have also heard of Trujillo tyrades.

Brittany-N-Brown003 The movie really humbled me, it showed me that I was truly blessed. I live in a country where I can pretty much do anything;where I have the freedom of speech,but in the movie if anyone spoke out against Trujillo they were thrown in jail.The movie opened my eyes and now I see that there are a lot of countries that are totally controlled by their governments,where people have very little rights. Overall the movie was good, I enjoyed it.They could have gave more background on Trujillo. The movie could of had a little more action in it.The ending was very sad, you have to be a cruel person to beat four sisters death.I almost cried I think there should be a second movie, and their children will continue pursuing their parents dream!

kyla-j-breed001 The movie In The Time of the Butterflies was a inspiring movie for young women. It shows you that you don't step down from something that you know is right and just because someone tells you too. This movie also shows you how Trujillo ruled over the Dominican republic for thirty years. I would like to see more of his rulings and understand how the people of that time went through.even though Trujillo was wrong the Maribal sisters stood up for there rights,beliefs,and fought for justices till there deaths.I believe that if you take the strength of the Maribal sisters you would understand that it is OK for you to stand up for what you believe in.

jdizzlefizzle This adaptation of Julia Alvarez's novel is just terrible. I am not a huge fan of the novel itself, so I was not too worried when I heard the film divulged from the novel. I saw this film in lit class after we had read the novel, and about halfway through the film my teacher commented, "Why is this called 'In the Time of the Butterflies?'" I would have to agree with her on that account. The events of the film differ so greatly from that of the novel that I wonder if the same story is even being told.Worse than that, though, is the lack of depth or development in the characters. Instead of concentrating on all four sisters as the novel did, the film concentrates on Minerva as the main character. This is actually a good decision because the character development is so weak with just one story I would be frightened to imagine what it would be with all four stories. The character development is integral to the novel, and without it the film's melodrama seems comical.Worse than THAT is the acting in this movie. The one good part of this movie is Salma Hayek, as her acting, while one-dimensional (not at all like Minerva from the novel), is good, and she also looks very good. Everyone else in this movie acts really just TERRIBLY. I have seen many movies, many of which I did not like, but I say with a straight face that this movie has the worst acting I have ever witnessed in a film. Trujillo, the "villain," is the most wooden character I have ever seen on a professionally made movie. Slightly less annoying is that people are split half and half with accents and without accents, which is just sloppy. Cuba Gooding Jr. is horrendous in a throwaway role that has been changed quite a bit from the original novel.This film's biggest weakness is that we see the events that occur as outsiders. There is no character development and therefore no emotional attachment to the characters, which is integral to understand the tragedy that occurred to these sisters (I don't believe this is a spoiler since this is based on factual events). If you want to fully appreciate the Mirabal sisters as people then read Julia Alvarez's novel, "In the Time of the Butterflies." I would recommend this film only if you want to laugh at a movie because it is so bad.