![]() ![]() That is the problem with this film it tells rather than shows. He tells us he has replaced his appetite for food with an appetite for internet attention. Without trying, without even noticing, he begins to lose weight. ![]() His classmates begin taking bets about what he will do, what he will eat, and whether he will succeed. They suggest he password-protect the site to keep parents or teachers from discovering it. All of a sudden, everyone at school sees him differently. Impulsively, Butter decides to declare online that he will literally eat himself to death on New Year’s Eve. But he's hiding more than what he looks like. He believes, or he believes that he believes, that he is his authentic self online. He tells her he is a soccer player at a private school. ![]() He admits he barely tastes it anymore, “but I had to keep going to relieve my pain.” His non-edible comforts are his saxophone (he is a talented jazz musician) and his Catfish-style online relationship with the prettiest girl in school, Anna ( McKaley Miller). ![]() His mother tries to comfort him with food. Butter is obese and high school students are mean. ![]()
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