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The Butterfly Effect

Movie
2004
1h 53m
R
English
Science Fiction, Thriller
User Score: 
7.8
Critic Score: 
32
The Butterfly Effect' Poster
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.
The Butterfly Effect Poster

The Butterfly Effect

R
Movie
2004
1h 53m
English
Science Fiction, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.8
IMDB
The Butterfly Effect (2004) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
32

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Ashton Kutcher
Evan Treborn
Amy Smart
Kayleigh Miller
Melora Walters
Andrea Treborn
Elden Henson
Lenny Kagan
William Lee Scott
Tommy Miller
Eric Stoltz
George Miller
Logan Lerman
Evan Treborn age 7
John Patrick Amedori
Evan Treborn age 13
Irina Gorovaia
Kayleigh age 13
Kevin G Schmidt
Lenny age 13
Jesse James
Tommy age 13
Nathaniel DeVeaux
Dr. Redfield
Callum Keith Rennie
Jason Treborn
Cameron Bright
Tommy age 7
Lorena Gale
Mrs. Boswell
Kendall Cross
Mrs. Kagan
John B Lowe
Professor Carter
Written By: Eric Bress (Screenplay), J. Mackye Gruber (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

AlexanderZ says...
8 years ago
Worth seeing. Even if you aren't a fan of Punk'd or Dude Where's My.. you'll enjoy seeing Kutcher in this role. The story is very gripping and almost makes you review how things could have changed in your life had some different events altered it.
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CinemanicBonkers says...
7 years ago
This film gets better every time I watch it, just never goes right for (Evan Terbon) The butterfly effect is reality in many different ways..
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locovic says...
8 months ago
Watching this movie again after 15 years feels like experiencing a completely different film. As a teenager, I was captivated by its central premise: what if you could correct that one mistake in your life? I was also thoroughly entertained by the time travel elements. Now, I perceive the film as a form of therapy where you revisit your childhood errors as an adult and learn to respond differently to the same situations. Even if you can't alter the past, you still possess the power to change how you react to it and, in doing so, mend yourself. We all have the ability to time travel in our minds and reshape our past experiences.
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fleur4lune says...
2 years ago
I don't know what to say (in a good way)
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Featured User Reviews

echelon_four
CONTAINS SPOILERS4/10  12 years ago
The movie is just kind of stupid a lot of the time.
The rules in this movie change so much, first nobody knows Evan changed, and he can't remember the new world, then the prisoner notices the wounds in his hands appear (which disappear for the rest of the movie), then Evan remembers the changed More
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moonkodi
CONTAINS SPOILERS4/10  7 years ago
It relies a character blackout for everything. That's basically the movie. The problem is that it goes down the logical path... So Evan didn't know what happened after the mailbox because of blackouts, but what happened would have been unavoidable gossip in the town, and even newsworthy. Out More
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John Chard
5 years ago
You can't change who people are without destroying who they were.

The Butterfly Effect - Directors Cut

The Butterfly Effect is directed by Eric Bress and Bress co-writes the screenplay with J. Mackye Gruber. It stars Ashton Kutcher, Melora Walters, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, More
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