Ashton Kutcher stars as a young man struggling with his past as he unravels a series of shocking truths about this childhood circle of friends.
Ashton Kutcher probably best known for his roles in a relentless string of romantic comedies, or his celebrity pranks or even his marriage to Demi Moore produces a convincing performance as Evan Trebon in this mind churning thriller.
Part two of the time paradoxical reviews, it should be no surprise to here that the there may be some time travel in The Butterfly Effect. But rather than the stereotypical or traditional time machine, the time travel occurs more 'organically' so to speak in The Butterfly Effect.
Ashton Kutcher's character experiences sporadic blackouts throughout his childhood and his adult life. He has managed to amass a collection of personal journals over the years. He discovers in his late teens/early twenties that by reading these journals he has the ability to travel back in time to that specific date in the diary.
Taking its name from the metaphor, the film attempts to reflect said metaphor in the film. And for the most part it does a pretty nice job in doing so. The metaphor in its simplest form, suggests the idea that if one were to go back in time in an attempt to make a small change this in turn could have a large, perhaps catastrophic, affect on the present. So in attempt to stay away from the dark and grand ideas one may have if such a time travelling device existed consider this example - You change your route to work one day because on that day you had an accident. Now this may seem a pretty uneventful change in the grand scheme of the world. You aren't exactly saving a life, or stopping a natural disaster. However this little action could have a damaging domino effect. Instead of you getting into the accident, somebody else does and this results in a spiralling chain of events for the individual that alter their timeline. They may have been a successful architect in the past, but with time being altered they are now a librarian.
Now The Butterfly Effect is a lot more exciting than that example given; there is no architect to librarian or lawyer to bin-man transitions in the film. There are however a number of thought provoking alterations in the film that will have your gripped and thinking in equal measure. Touching the two hour mark however, the film does begin to wear the idea a little thin at times. You go through the transition of being greatly interested in the initial idea to a level of uninterested disappointment, thankfully though the first half of the film is strong enough to see your patience through the film. I only just discovered that two unrelated sequels exists for The Butterfly Effect. Having not seen either of these sequels I can only make an educated guess as to whether or not they will be any good. I am leaning more towards the answer of no, but I may indeed be wrong in that guess. Please feel free to post a review of either of the sequels if they are indeed worth seeking out.
Enough talk about the sequels, this review exists to reveal if The Butterfly Effect is worth picking up or not. And due to it being relatively cheap now that would be a yes, two thumbs up or some sprinkled stars, whatever review abridgement you prefer. It's not the best time travel film you will ever see, but it is certainly not the worst - looking at you A Sound of Thunder...
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A young man struggling to access sublimated childhood memories finds a technique that allows him to travel back to the past. Occupying his childhood body, he is able to change history. But every change he makes has unexpected consequences...
Psychological thriller starring Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn, a young man who, from an early age, has struggled with his disturbing childhood memories. As a boy, Evan was encouraged by a psychologist to keep a journal detailing the events of his day-to-day life, and now, as a young adult, he revisits these journals to figure out the truth about events that ended in tragedy for his childhood friends Lenny (Elden Henson) and Tommy (William Lee Scott), and the childhood sweetheart Kayleigh (Amy Smart) with whom he is still in love. Evan makes the incredible discovery that he can use the notebooks as a vehicle enabling him to journey back into the past so that his adult mind occupies the body of his childhood self. He begins a series of attempts to re-direct history with the aim of saving his friends and loved ones from the traumas that have befallen them. But every time Evan changes something in the past, however small, he finds when he returns to the present that his actions have had unexpected and disastrous consequences. The harder he tries to make things go right, the less able he seems to create a reality that allows him and Kayleigh to live happily ever after.
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