Buttwhistle Explained

Buttwhistle
Director:	Tenney Fairchild
Producer:	Greg McCollum Michael Younesi Leah Fong Tenney Fairchild
Starring:	Trevor Morgan Lio Tipton Elizabeth Rice Adhir Kalyan Thomas Jane
Cinematography:	Akis Konstantakopoulos
Editing:	Nathan Cali Hovig Menakian
Studio:	M-80 Films
Distributor:	Breaking Glass Pictures
Runtime:	93 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Buttwhistle is a 2014 American crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Tenney Fairchild and starring Trevor Morgan, Lio Tipton, Elizabeth Rice, Adhir Kalyan and Thomas Jane.

Cast

• Trevor Morgan as Ogden
• Elizabeth Rice as Beth
• Lio Tipton as Rose
• Adhir Kalyan as Hate Crime John
• Stella Maeve as Missy Blancmange
• Alex Solowitz as Ray Ferzonki
• Katherine LaNasa as Mrs. Confer
• Wallace Langham as Mr. Confer
• Thomas Jane as Grumisch
• Patty McCormack as Grandma Confer
• Griffin Newman as Fenwick
• Blake Robbins as Mr. Blancmange

Release

The film was released theatrically in Los Angeles on April 25, 2014.

Reception

Geoff Berkshire of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "actually attempts to be an emotionally resonant relationship tale, but lives down to its title by delivering nothing but inane comedy and insufferable drama."^[1]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "proves so cryptically scripted and dramatically under-powered that genre characterizations almost fail to do it justice."^[2]

Notes and References

1. Berkshire. Geoff. Film Review: ‘Buttwhistle’. April 25, 2014. Variety. October 17, 2021.
2. Lowe. Justin. Buttwhistle: Film Review. April 25, 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. October 17, 2021.