The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 167
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 112
The premise is intriguing, but it's placed in the service of an overwrought and tasteless thriller.
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 29
The premise is intriguing, but it's placed in the service of an overwrought and tasteless thriller.
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Final Destination 2 screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber make their directorial debut with the sci-fi thriller The Butterfly Effect. Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher with facial hair) wants to free himself from his disturbing childhood memories. As a kid, he often blacked out for long periods of time and tried to detail his life in a journal. As a young adult, he revisits the journal entries to figure out the truth about his troubled childhood friends Kayleigh (Amy Smart), Lenny (Elden
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Cast
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Ashton Kutcher
Evan Treborn -
Amy Smart
Kayleigh Miller -
William Lee Scott
Tommy Miller -
Elden Henson
Lenny Kagan -
Melora Walters
Andrea Treborn -
Eric Stoltz
George Miller -
Logan Lerman
Evan at 7 -
Nathaniel De Veaux
Dr. Renfield -
Ethan Suplee
Thumper -
Kevin Schmidt
Lenny Kagan at 13 -
Jesse James
Tommy at 13 -
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Cameron Crigger
Tommy Miller at 8 -
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John Patrick Amedori
Evan Treborn at 13 -
Brandy Heidrick
Kristin
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All Critics (178) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (114) | DVD (27)
Nothing can save this repetitive bore. Dude, where's your memory?
Top CriticNot one second of this bilge makes a lick of sense.
Kutcher is the wrong actor to anchor a psychological freak-out.
It's one of the most unpleasant Hollywood films in some time.
A flawed but serviceable thriller.
Sloppily conceived and clunkily paced, the movie goes from improbable to preposterous within its first few minutes; over the next two hours the filmmakers never miss a chance for some gratuitous piece of sadism, sexuality or sleaze.
The Butterfly Effect is a promising and original sci-fi film from newcomer directors Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber.
Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. So very bad.
Tries hard to be affecting and mind-blowing, and sometimes it comes close.
More like "The Gag Reflex."
The film is not eccentric enough to have a lasting cult appeal, but it is reasonably enjoyable as it unfolds.
this is exactly the sort of movie I like to see.
Assez bien dans l'ensemble, mais la fascinante prémise n'est jamais vraiment exploité à sa hauteur.
Despite a fairly upbeat ending, the ugly images dominate the film with the time/reality plot a bloody nose afterthought.
Cool theories...don't necessarily guarantee good stories...[even if Ashton Kutcher] is repeatedly punk'd by the space-time continuum.
Walks a super-thin line between horrific believability and hilarious unbelievability.
Audience Reviews for The Butterfly Effect
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- Evan Treborn: I've already lost you once, I'm not gonna lose you again.
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