The Butterfly Effect

2004 "Change one thing. Change everything."
7.6| 2h0m| R| en| More Info
Released: 23 January 2004 Released
Producted By: New Line Cinema
Country: United States of America
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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.

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Protraph Lack of good storyline.
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
alejandramoore I really love it! It's my favorite movie, I see it more than once.It gives us a great life lesson demonstrating how each action, however small it is may have secondary effects, so I think that before doing something we have to ask twice. It gives us a great philosophical teaching! They should show it in schools
Luxury Descette I thinks that this is a good sci-fi movie.It's got great cast,decent acting,incredible story. But like every other movies, it has problems and i'm going get into it. 1)The kids did their best to act but i just cringe every time that little kid who's play Tommy tried to act.I mean he did his best,he tried but it's not enough. Same with little Evan,oh my god. 2)Doesn't make that much sense. In one scene, Evan was in a jail cell with this religious guy. Evan came back in time, fake getting nailed in the hand like Jesus. And then come back and convince the guy to help him and the guy believed that. WHAT? If you do that, It's going to create an alternate time-line where he got nailed in the end and everybody knows he got nailedOverall great, I'm just nitpicking it's actually didn't bother me that much so yeah check it out
zkonedog Do you like to be challenged while watching a movie? Do you like to really think about the repercussions of the actions transpiring on screen? If you answered "Yes" to both of those questions, then "The Butterfly Effect" is a movie for you!For a basic plot summary, "Butterfly Effect" tells the story of the rather unique Evan (Ashton Kutcher), who as a child begins to experience strange blackouts that frighten mother Andrea (Melora Walters), whose husband had a history of similar experiences. As Evan begins to age, he discovers that his blackouts all revolve around a series of traumatic memories spent with childhood acquaintances Kayleigh (Amy Smart), Lenny (Elden Henson), and Tommy (William Lee Scott). I wish I could delve more into this wonderful film, but to do so would give away too many spoilers and ruin the experience.There are two things to know about this movie right off the bat:1. Do not be scared away by Kutcher. No, he is not God's gift to thespians, but this isn't goofy Kelso here. He plays a very good role.2. Do not give up after the first 30-40, which will seem rather random and disjointed. If you can give the movie at least an hour, you will be hooked.This is very much a "thinking person's" movie at its core. It deals with relativistic physics and the like. If that is not your cup of tea, then don't bother. If you love to be challenged by your theatrical fare, though, then this one will astound you!
Aram Isaac Holy snap! That was just an awesome movie! It really is underrated. The quote 'You can't change who people are without destroying who they were' is stuck in my head. It is so mind-blowing if you think about subjects like time-travelling! I watched the film multiple times, and I'm still impressed how good the movie is. All the people who say the film is bad, are people who don't like movies without action or those are the people which don't like complicated movies. The film was pretty complicated, but awesome. The sequels are very good too, but they are rated very bad. I can understand why, but everything is so mind-blowing and good, I just can't hate the film. Just, watch this!