Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I first saw this movie in Sunday school. The entire class was so impressed. Seriously, it's such a horrible movie, we all fell in love with it and it became a super big joke. I later found this on DVD via Netflix and lost the copy I made. I shall own this again. legally or illegally. The story is a fine example of light Christian morals implied with the natural morals from right and wrong. The acting is just donkfunkulous and spiffy. These stupid kids go about the town calling themselves The Buttercream Gang and they are taken serious! Really? I wanna live in this town. It does appear that the town is influenced by the church though. Which is cool. It's not the over-bearing kind of God fearing fools. In this town, doing the right thing is certified gangsta. They keeps it real by looking out for their brethren. And I also have a feeling Pepsi sponsored parts of this movie.

Oh God where to begin, You ever hear about one of those movies/books/shows/etc. that is so nice and cuddly that people cant stand it ? This is one of them. This is, w/o a doubt, one of the worst movies i have had the undignified honor of viewing, and boy, it was a piece of...well..s#!t doesn't even give you an idea. it starts with main characters, who are so repulsively nice (to the point where it will make you question the sanity of the person who directed this abomination) that they made a gang (4 people = a gang ?) that does nice things. And all with Christian undertones that are as subtle as a blue whale being dropped on your house. One of the 4 leaves and goes to Chicago, becomes bad, comes back, wrong crowd stuff...wait...i get it this is supposed to convey a point, and NOT make the people watching it vomit. Look, I'll put it bluntly, its like an after school special that tells you what 45 % of the other ones do, be nice, hang out with the right crowd, blah blah blah, its not different, its not "cool", its not nice and happy but serious, its like the town they live in is perfect, thats it. Only 3 or 4 real "trouble-makers" (probably just egged a house, or stayed up past curfew) it has no meaning, and when i saw it, i was part of its target group, that was 2.5 years ago, thats how bad the suckiness of this movie stuck in my head. If your a die-hard Christian, even this is to much for you and your kids will be traumatized by the sickeningly overjoyed atmosphere of this tiny town which also evidently doesn't have any sort of Police Department, just the gang itself.1 out of 10 AVOID AT ALL COSTS, DO NOT LET ANYONE TALK YOU INTO SEEING THIS IT'S JUST TO BAD, TO UNLIKELY, AND MOST OF WHATS THERE WANTS TO BE LIKE REAL LIFE, BUT ISN'T

I don't know where to start. I actually just viewed the buttercream gang a few days ago and thought it was groundbreaking. I cant remember if I saw it when I was little but I'm glad i got to see it now. It is my friends favorite movie as a kid and we were shocked at how perfect this film was. The scene when Scott questions whether Pete stole the treats is pure cinematic bliss. "You're just like all the rest...your think I want it this way!!!" delivered by Pete Valdez is a line which I think equals any delivered in Gone With the Wind. The soundtrack is simply stunning, adding an emotional depth which would put any recent soundtrack to shame. The cast is perfect. Scott's dad gives an academy award worthy performance as a man struggling with making the right decisions for his family. But the real standout is actor Michael Weatherrred playing Pete "Valdez" Turner, a good kid who gets a taste of the thug life when he encounters "The Blades" gang while living with his aunt in Chicago. Pete comes back and goes against the buttercreamer code by breaking bottles, throwing firecrackers, stealing treats and apples, lighting fires, taking kids lunches, and teaching others they can have anything they want by just taking it. Pete's final breakdown in Graf's store is a scene I think will go down in film history as one of the most heartbreaking portrayals of a troubled youth coming to terms with his problems. I'm sure Spielberg or Scorsese will try to remake this film some day to cash in on an Oscar, but it will never match the genius of the original masterpiece. AND REMEMBER "Buttercream isn't just about helping people out.. it's about having fun."

Don't get me wrong - I believe in morals, but this movie gives them a bad name. A good moral is no excuse to make a bad movie. Someone made this film to teach kids the value of good deeds and unconditional friendship, but it's so badly put together that nobody's going to associate that message with anything good. What really did it for me was the idea that a good small-town kid (who looks plenty old enough to be somewhat set in his values) could go off to the city and almost immediately come back with a new fashion statement, a bad attitude, and a very unconvincing stereotypical urban bad boy accent. Sheesh, at least avoid insulting our intelligence by allowing several years for this transformation.