
The Butterfly Effect
2004, Mystery & thriller, 1h 53m
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The premise is intriguing, but it's placed in the service of an overwrought and tasteless thriller. Read critic reviews
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Evan Treborn
Kayleigh Miller
George Miller
Tommy Miller
Lenny Kagan
Evan Treborn at 7
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Oct 21, 2013[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img]Directors C Super Reviewer
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Mar 22, 2013Donnie Darko for dummies and prudes. I couldn't handle the extreme sexual and sadism content running through it within every character throughout the otherwise unique concept of flashback time-travel to change the outcome of the present (in negative ways that is) and Kutcher cannot act right with a freakout.Max G Super Reviewer
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Sep 12, 2012A college student discovers he can go back in time and alter past events, but every change he makes brings about tragic unintended consequences in the new present. Pretty much "DONNIE DARKO for Dummies."Greg S Super Reviewer
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May 07, 2012This only slightly touches on the real intriguing aspects of the butterfly effect. If they were to dive into head first you'd be looking at a really long movie, but it would be a definitive version. This movie confuses itself sometimes and doesn't make sense in other scenes. I liked the movie a little more at movies as it had a different ending than what became the directors cut. The central issue is the target audience, and the cast choices. The filmmakers turned this into a teenage based target film and that is one of the biggest flaws of the film. The intrigue of chaos theory was more interesting than this film and that's the real problem with this film. It's long and badly structured into this simple story about the girl and his friends. 19/03/2020Brendan N Super Reviewer
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