The Butcher's Wife

The Butcher's Wife

She's a psychic who's turning New Yorkers into lovers. Obviously, she's from out of town.

Directed by Terry Hughes

Produced by Paramount Pictures

1991107 min5.7 / 10

A whimsical romantic fantasy about a clairvoyant woman whose supernatural gift for matchmaking transforms the lives of those around her while she discovers her own true love.

A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop in New York city, where her powers tend to influence everyone she meets while working in the shop. Through her advice, she helps others and eventually finds the true man of her dreams.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Butcher's Wife end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of films.

  • Is The Butcher's Wife easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is The Butcher's Wife scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Butcher's Wife sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is The Butcher's Wife violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity34

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise26

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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