Plot

A young orphan discovers her uncanny talent for butter sculpture

Butter sculpture

Butter sculptures often depict animals, people, buildings and other objects. They are best known as attractions at state fairs in the United States as lifesize cows and people, but can also be found on banquet tables and even small decorative butter pats. The earliest documented butter sculptures...

 in an Iowa town where her adoptive family lives. The talent pits her against the ambitious wife (Garner) of the reigning champion (Burrell) in the annual butter sculpture competition.

Cast

• Yara Shahidi
  Yara Shahidi
  -Life and career:Shahidi was born, and raised for the first four years of her life, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to an Iranian father and an African-American mother Keri Shahidi. She moved with her family to California because of her father's work...
  
   as Destiny
• Jennifer Garner
  Jennifer Garner
  Jennifer Anne Affleck , better known as Jennifer Garner, is an American actress and film producer. Garner gained recognition on television for her performance as CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the thriller drama series Alias, which aired on ABC for five seasons from 2001 to 2006...
  
   as Laura Pickler
• Ty Burrell
  Ty Burrell
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   as Bob Pickler
• Ashley Greene
  Ashley Greene
  Ashley Michele Greene is an American actress and model, best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.- Personal life :...
  
   as Kaitlin Pickler
• Olivia Wilde
  Olivia Wilde
  Olivia Wilde is an American actress and fashion model. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles in the serial-drama The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She portrayed Dr...
  
   as Brooke
• Alicia Silverstone
  Alicia Silverstone
  Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, author, and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is perhaps best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless and her portrayal of Batgirl in Batman & Robin .-Early life:Silverstone...
  
   as Jill Emmet
• Rob Corddry
  Rob Corddry
  Robert William "Rob" Corddry is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a former correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and for his starring role in the comedy film Hot Tub Time Machine...
  
  
• Hugh Jackman
  Hugh Jackman
  Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters...
  
   as Boyd Bolton
• Kristen Schaal
  Kristen Schaal
  Kristen Schaal is an American actress, writer and comedienne, best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, as Louise in Bob's Burgers and as a contributor on The Daily Show.-Early life:...
  
  
• Corena Chase as Mrs. Schram
• Brett Hill as Hayden

Production

The screen play is the debut of Jason Micallef and in 2008 landed on a film black-list. Jennifer Garner commented in February 2010, saying, "We are just about to get greenlit, so I will be diving into butter and learning how to fake it. I am sure we will have to hire professionals to make the final products but I’m looking forward to picking up some new skills. Maybe they will come in handy during a family holiday" at the 2010 premiere of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (film)

Valentine's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and based on the novel by Michael Connelly. The screenplay and the story was written by Katherine Fugate, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Akiva Goldsman, Rob Reiner, P. J...

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