David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 18, 2025 8/10

Butt Boy is an incredibly funny movie by writer/director/lead actor Tyler Conack came up with. It’s deadpan delivery and serious tone lend such an air of sophistication to such an incredibly absurd premise that all you can do is laugh.

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Dan Bayer Next Best Picture May 13, 2022 7/10

So committed to playing its absurd premise completely straight that it actually works on its own terms, never once feeling like a so bad its good guilty pleasure.

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Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene Sep 10, 2021

This is a police-procedural deadpan horror-comedy that aims to scratch every itch that it can. This is an imaginative and surreal dive into the subconscious, and you can handle it.

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Tom Beasley Flickering Myth Aug 20, 2020 2/5

In leaning heavily into the idea of playing the premise straight, Butt Boy finds itself as even more of a one-joke movie than it already was.

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Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jun 25, 2020 B-

I think I like "Butt Boy," though I'm not entirely sure. It's definitely a curious sight to behold.

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Caitlin Kennedy Nightmarish Conjurings Jun 25, 2020 7/10

Butt Boy strikes a rare and masterful balance of humor and tension, making it a unique and effective film-going experience.

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Stephen Romei The Australian May 16, 2020 3.5/5

It touches on addiction, compulsion, career emptiness and, at its heart, loneliness...

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Andrew F. Peirce The Curb May 4, 2020

Butt Boy is not bizarre enough to embrace the weird and truly become the genuinely oddball film that I can recommend wholeheartedly.

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Alan Zilberman Washington City Paper May 1, 2020

No one should be that desperate, so if your evening comes down to choosing between another film and this one, you should probably avoid this number two option.

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Deirdre Crimmins That Shelf Apr 28, 2020

Writer-director Tyler Cornack and co-writer Ryan Koch have created a tale of fetishes and obsession, but draped it within a gumshoe driven mystery which is keenly aware of its campy roots.

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Sarah Cartland Caution Spoilers Apr 26, 2020 3.5/5

The colonic tonic we've been waiting for.

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Bob Chipman Escapist Magazine Apr 25, 2020 9/10

You may not be able to believe what the one-of-a-kind detective-thriller/horror-satire Butt Boy is actually about - but [it might be] one of the best films of 2020. Seriously.

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Jeremy Lowe Daily Grindhouse Apr 23, 2020

If you're like me, and you adore absurd cinema, then BUTT BOY is a must watch.

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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle Apr 23, 2020 3/5

Instead of a gross-out gag fest, Butt Boy is a surprisingly tender bizarro comedy that works because it plays the strangeness straight.

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Dominic Griffin The Armchair Auteur Apr 21, 2020 7/10

It may seem like a completely absurd, "bad on purpose" exploitation flick, but Butt Boy has some genuine pathos at its core.

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Nick Johnston Vanyaland Apr 20, 2020

I've never been happier for a filmmaker to just finally be so firmly up his own ass. Butt Boy can't really live up to the wildness of its premise, but it makes for entertaining viewing in its own right.

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Charles Barfield The Playlist Apr 20, 2020 B

Believe it or not, Butt Boy isn't just a silly, ridiculous thriller about a man and his love of shoving things into his rear, it is, for lack of a better term, much deeper than that.

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Alistair Ryder The Digital Fix Apr 20, 2020 4/10

Butt Boy isn't the worst film of 2020 - but it won't be far from the bottom.

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Dennis Harvey Variety Apr 17, 2020

If your sense of humor favors stupid ideas done smartly... "Butt Boy" offers pleasures that aren't even all that guilt-inducing.

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Apr 16, 2020 2/4

The execution of Butt Boy is a little like holding court with a one-of-a-kind dirty joke but pausing constantly to insist it's not a joke.

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