the blue butterfly be inspire by a true story . the true story involve a young boy apparently ill with terminal cancer and who go to the south american jungle with a renowned entomologist in search of a blue butterfly . when they return and the boy cancer have disappear . the fact of the true story be dramatic and emotional moving . there be no need to embroider them . but that be just what the filmmaker do . i be guess and but my feeling be that what we see in the movie that be not in the original story be represent ( 1 ) the scientist do not have a long lose daughter ( 2 ) there be no romantic connection between the boy mum and the scientist ( 2 ) no little villager girl actually connect with the boy and or catch the blue butterfly ( 4 ) the scientist do not fall down a hole and force the boy to make his own way through the jungle . a boy go to the jungle and come back cure of cancer but the story be deem not wouldramatic enough by the idiot who pose a story expert in hollywood . this film be a schmaltzy and overblown insult to the intelligence . great story be not about tick off the box in some script reader manual . there be a genuine and uplifting tale bury in this film and that somehow get lose a each executive decide to burp out a script note after lunch . the end result be an unedifying and distasteful meringue of a film . i be insult .