The Butterfly Effect

January. 23,2004      R
Rating:
7.6
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A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

Ashton Kutcher as  Evan Treborn
Amy Smart as  Kayleigh Miller
Melora Walters as  Andrea Treborn
Elden Henson as  Lenny Kagan
William Lee Scott as  Tommy Miller
Eric Stoltz as  George Miller
Ethan Suplee as  Thumper
Logan Lerman as  Evan Treborn age 7
John Patrick Amedori as  Evan Treborn age 13
Irina Gorovaia as  Kayleigh age 13

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Reviews

Cebalord
2004/01/23

Very best movie i ever watch

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SnoReptilePlenty
2004/01/24

Memorable, crazy movie

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Tobias Burrows
2004/01/25

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Yazmin
2004/01/26

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

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comarrapese
2004/01/27

Couldn't think of a title^ anyways, don't be a hater and try to point out the plot holes in this movie and take it as it is. This movie has a sick idea and creates a emotional and thrilling story inside of it. I don't really like the name Evan, and was kind of mad i found myself rooting for a guy named Evan, but that just shows how good Ashton Kutcher is in this movie. I'm a die hard Charlie Sheen fan and was not a fan of Ashton Kutch in Two and a Half Men, but he is really good in this. CONCLUSION- If you are looking for an good movie that you will be surprised and intrigued by, watch this. PS The directors ending/cut is the way to go.

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Doug Burr
2004/01/28

This film seems to have been a clear influence on an amazing video game called Life Is Strange. If you have played that you will know what to expect. The themes are at times a lot darker than I would have expected. There are lots of different sections and some work better than others, but, on the whole this is a great movie. It is a cool concept and emotionally it leaves quite an impact.

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markbyrn-1
2004/01/29

As I watched the Butterfly Effect, I wondered if the writers were influenced by an episode of Star Trek Voyager titled, "Year of Hell". The story premise was exactly the same; a man (Ashton Kutcher) is driven by the love of a woman to travel back in time to rectify a mistake but whatever he does results in a new future that is no less nightmarish than before. Overall, I found it to be an semi-interesting yarn but eye-rolling ridiculous as Kutcher keeps going back in time and coming up with idiotic fixes that naturally result in a worse future. His final solution to avoid ever having befriended the love of his life is predictable and flat but it had to end somehow.

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bitte_k_i
2004/01/30

This is American psychological thriller film directed by Eric Bress and Mackye Gruder. This is story is made from the butterfly effect, one of the chaos theory's idea. The protagonist named Evan has sometimes lost the small part of his memory. In the case of losing any part of his memory, he has written diary since he was young. One day, he found out his ability to go back in time when he is reading his diary. His childhood friend, Kayleigh, has misery living with his father. Evan knows this Kayleigh's situation is owing to Evan. He decides to change his destiny to use his time travel skill. He challenges but cannot make it. Every time he go back in time and make different decision, something wrong is happened and somebody is going to be unhappy. He wants to make Kayleigh's life happier with no sacrifice. But he understand this is impossible. Then he goes back to the time when they met at the first time.Skillfully made story is amazing. Particularly, the last scene is moving. I think time traveling is the dream which everybody has wished at least one time. But this film shows us that changing the past is very risky. If I were Evan, I will do the same thing even if how sad I am.

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