Butterflies Are Free

Butterflies Are Free (1972)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 74% of users liked it
    (3,504 ratings)

Leonard Gershe based his play Butterflies are Free on a real-life blind attorney. The film version stars Edward Albert as Don Baker, a self-reliant, sightless young man who becomes the object of affection for kooky Jill (Goldie Hawn). Spending most of the film in nothing but her underwear, Jill… More

PG,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1972 Wide
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Wesley Lovell, Cinema Sight

    An interesting film about love, blindness and the inherent bias in both.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Poorly directed, the movie betrays its theatrical origins, but the acting of the two women, Goldie Hawn as the free spirit and Eileen Heckart as the overly protective mother, fighting over the love of a blind youngster, is good.

  • Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews

    Charming and engaging, the best work of Goldie Hawn's career

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Watch this one if you've ever wondered how Goldie Hawn became a star.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Byron B


    Here's an obscure one. An early Goldie Hawn movie (I think she is underestimated). Edward Albert plays an inspiring young blind man. I like it because it was originally a stage play and it was surprisingly modern and still relevant. I share the sentiments of the young… More

  • Sunil J


    A sweet romance that's quite entertaining and fun.

  • Dimitris S


    Witty and unpredictable but the whole storyline won't crypt its conservative and almost liberal views from another era.The universal "quality" of the play isn't remembered for its general causes of freedom rather Eckhart on a subtle performance and a noisy-juicy… More

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