Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The narrative comment given on page 2 by "ABRAXAX" tells the story of the way things did take place, I remember my grandmother telling me in more details of everything that "ABRAXAX" says. But, my grandmother did tell me that not everyone know that the order to kill the sisters came from a relative of Trujillo; they blame Trujillo, but he was not aware of it; and he would not admit to that, since it would show that Trujillo was not able to control a few of this men. Also, somewhere on the 1st page of the comments section, some said that the CIA killed Trujillo; again, my grandparents told me "fueron los compadres" meaning his right hand men killed him; anyway, I haven't seen this movie and sadly I will not, since my sister tells me, "its not like grandma, told us" so I guess I don't want to spoil what I remember, at least for now; I guess I will watch it when I feel like watching a love story; like the movie Pearl Harbor. and again. I love that "ABRAXAX" summarized the story of Las Hermanas Mirabales :)

This was a real good movie. Later in time in the Dominican Republican they had a government named Trujillo. What ever Trujillo said went. If someone in the household did something bad, the man of the house would be the one to be sent to prison, killed , or tortured. At a party one of the Mirabal sisters got into it with Trujillo after he touched her butt and she slapped him. She was the outgoing one out of the sisters. She felt as though he deserved it because he disrespected her by doing that. There father was soon captured and sent to prison and tortured. Years later the Mirabal sisters and their husband were arrested for spreading the word about Trujillo. The Mirabal sisters were let out first but they kept their husbands imprisoned. One day they were coming back from the prison to try and get their husbands out and on the way back they were stopped on the road because Trujillo felt that they had done wrong. They were dragged into a collard patch and beaten to death and killed. This movie was really really good you should watch it too.

the best movie yet this movie is sad and i did not like the way Rafael treated the people he was so mean and this movie almost made me cry and i would want to see this movie again also i think that the movie was very interesting and it showed me thing i never knew also the end of the movie made me want to cry because the tree sisters died and i think they should of sated alive instead of getting killed and i think they should make a part 2 so that the 3 sisters children could take over what they did also the sisters did very well in this movie and they should win a award for this movie because they really did some good acting also i learned a lot about this movie and all it takes is a little will power and you can do what ever

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.