“Goodbye Butterfly” (** out of four) was a muddled psychodrama about a middle-class suburban parent (Jeremy London) whose young daughter is murdered and soon becomes suspicious that an oddball neighbor (Andrew Lauer) is guilty but he has to prove this, even at the risk of his psychological/mental health and safety. Competently made and acted but lacking the compelling fire and grit that a story like this needs. 2013’s “Prisoners” with Hugh Jackman told virtually the same story with much more mood and character richness and mesmeric intensity.

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