The Butcher's Wife (film)

1991 - USA - 107 min. - Feature, Color
Director Terry Hughes
Genre/Type Biography [Feature], Fantasy Comedy, Romance
Flags Not For Children, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Profanity
MPAA Rating R

Keywords butcher, clairvoyance, love, marriage, psychiatrist, romance, vacation
Plot Lines Supernatural-forces (battling against), Supernatural-powers (used for good) Box office

Greenwich Village, New York City
Produced by Paramount

 

Demi Moore delivers one of her most engaging comic performances in The Butcher's Wife. A clairvoyant (with blonde hair!), Demi awaits signs from Beyond that her true love (whomever he may be) is waiting for her, somewhere. When New York butcher George Dzundza shows up on the tiny North Carolina island where Demi lives, she is convinced that he is the man predestined to be her husband. After the wedding, Demi moves into George's blue-collar neighborhood, where she successfully commisserates with such eccentrics as withdrawn teenager Max Perlich, frustrated singer Mary Steenburgen, unlucky-in-love actress Margaret Colin, over-analytical psychiatrist Jeffy Daniels, lesbian Frances McDormand. As Demi helpfully tries to chart the destinies of her new friends, she fails to notice that Dzundza is falling in love with Steenburgen. Though there are many traumatic detours along the way, Demi's psychic talents have very positive effects on at least one of the characters. Director Terry Hughes tends to regard the Butcher's Wife characters as types rather than people; fortunately, the cast is talented enough to inject plenty of humanity in the people they're pretending to be. -- Hal Erickson

 

  • Demi Moore - Marina
  • Jeff Daniels - Alex
  • George Dzundza - Leo
  • Mary Steenburgen - Stella
  • Frances McDormand - Grace
  • Margaret Colin - Robyn
  • Thomas Mikal Ford - Transvestite
  • Ken Fritz - Street Sweeper
  • Helen Hanft - Molly
  • Sara Noel Herring - Young Marina
  • Ed Kenney - Uncle Chauncy
  • Elizabeth Lawrence - Grammy D'Arbo
  • Stephanie Lawrence - Choir Student
  • Gail Levin
  • Carol Lombard Kids - Church Choir
  • Steve Love - Skater in the Park
  • Miriam Margolyes - Gina
  • Christopher Durang - Mr. Liddle
  • Sam Menning - Doorman
  • Cameron Milzer - Customer
  • Luis Avalos - Luis
  • Barry Neikrug - Bicyclist
  • Max Perlich - Eugene
  • Chuck Pierce - Beau
  • Diane Salinger - Trendoid
  • Scott Baker - Fire Eater
  • Frank Tidy

 

Credits and description provided by American Movie Guide, http://allmovie.com

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