Movie #68 "In the Time of Butterflies" is an example of hollywood taking a wonderful book and not doing it justice in film. I just finished read this gem, and the decisions that were made on how to get it across on film were not well thought out. We needed to be introduced to each of the girls (like in the book) and get a little background on each, instead of just focusing on Selma Hayek and being thrown into the action from the beginning. I found it confusing, disjointed, without a clear narrative line -----I have to admit I was tired when I was watching it, but if it was a good movie, it would draw me in anyway. It was a "pretty" film, but I found it very inadequate in showing you the story of Trujillo and the murdering of the "butterflies" (Mirabel sisters). Read the book for the complete story. I highly recommend that.
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In the Time of the Butterflies
(2001) PG-13
Salma Hayek steps out in a weighty, serious role as Minerva Mirabel, a resistance fighter against the popular dictatorship of Leonidas Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) in the Dominican Republic. The tempestuous Minerva leads her sisters Mate (Mia Maestro) and Patria (Lumi Cavazos) into the burgeoning resistance movement after the dictator murders their father. Hunky Marc Anthony plays Hayek's radical boyfriend.
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