Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

jamonesserranos In general, the movie was a total disappointment, and more disappointing when you are a Dominican person, that although was not present, has learned so much about it.*Worst Points: a.) Most of the Dominican population is Mulatto, although blacks and whites predominate. The people that predominate in the movie are Mexicans, and although I have nothing against them, that cannot be acceptable.b.) The script was kind of corny and romantic, and the story is more horrifying than anything else, and the movie writers leave aside that part of the history where the real action occurs to put romantic stuff. c.) The movie focuses more on Minerva Mirabal than on the other two sisters. Although is true that Minerva was essential and the one that attracted the rest of the sisters, they cannot leave aside Maria Teresa and Patria to concentrate more on Minerva's life.d.) The investigation had to be more deep. If they talk about a specific place, in this case Dominican Republic, they have to investigate more about the system DR had (way of life, transportation, economics, culture etc.) but had to be more deep and specific. They had to focus more on the Mirabal's daily life. What did this family do? How did they get along? e.) The other part of the investigation (Trujillo's government), was full of mistakes. e.) The horror Trujillo caused among the population should've been more shown. Trujillo is shown as being too easy-going. Well, not easy-going, but compared to what Trujillo did, the movie showed him very light.f.) The technical part is horrible and several actors did a mediocre performance, with lack of realism. They seemed to be very soap-opera. Actors should've researched a bit more about their characters. g.) No one on DR would dare to disrespect physically or verbally Trujillo or his family. The movie showed that several times. Although I had to admit Minerva had a lot of courage and defended herself very well, but not to the level that the movie shows.

nicole-a-brooks001 This was a great movie. It taught me about struggles that people other than African Americans went through. It taught me about how i should appreciate my country and my freedom.This movie is the best movie i have yet to see. The actors were great and the movie kept me wanting to see more.This movie showed how greed,power,and money can affect a country.This movie is showed me that lots of people from all over the world went through some hard times. The Dominican republic never gained a strong government and thats why Americans should be grateful that we have a not great but good government and freedom of speech. I could not imagine having to live through the things they lived through. Even though the movies was not filmed in the Dominican Repubic or filmed with Dominicans it doesn't matter. Where it was made or who made it doesn't matter the fact is the story was told and the movie was made.

Quentara Johnson The movie In The Time Of The Butterfly was an excellent movie, I really enjoyed the fact that three women, sisters at that were able to stand out and speak up about how their dictator Rafel Trujillo was treating women in the Dominican Republic. Rafel Trujillo was a strict dictator who was cruel to his citizens.At the end the three sisters were killed because Rafel Trujillo but a hit out on them. I wanted yto cry because women had no respect after what they had done. Then Rafel Trujillo was killed afterwards by some men on a empty road. You should try to take the time out and enjoy the movie.

evilsfinger this movie was the biggest waste of time in my life. sheer disgust is all i felt. the acting was atrocious at best, not to mention the plot or lack thereof. the characters were terribly developed and my god... halfway through this movie i took the nearest sharpest object in sight... and i stuck it in my eyes. if you like this movie you would also probably enjoy getting duked by an 800lb gorrila. flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks flanders sucks