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Overview
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Release Date:
23 January 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
Change one thing, Change everything. more
Plot:
A young man blocks out harmful memories of significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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Surprisingly a great movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ashton Kutcher | ... | Evan |
 | Melora Walters | ... | Andrea |
 | Amy Smart | ... | Kayleigh |
 | Elden Henson | ... | Lenny |
 | William Lee Scott | ... | Tommy |
 | John Patrick Amedori | ... | Evan at 13 |
 | Irene Gorovaia | ... | Kayleigh at 13 |
 | Kevin G. Schmidt | ... | Lenny at 13 |
 | Jesse James | ... | Tommy at 13 |
 | Logan Lerman | ... | Evan at 7 |
| Sarah Widdows | ... | Kayleigh at 7 |
| Jake Kaese | ... | Lenny at 7 |
 | Cameron Bright | ... | Tommy at 7 |
 | Eric Stoltz | ... | Mr. Miller |
 | Callum Keith Rennie | ... | Jason |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug use. (also director's cut)
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Runtime:
113 min | 120 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Malaysia:18SG |
Malaysia:U (cut version) |
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:18 |
USA:R (No. 39664) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:R-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) |
Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario)
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Elden Henson shot all of the later "normal" scenes with his character first because he had to gain around twenty pounds in one month for the later timelines in which his character is crazy. He was to look bigger as crazy Lenny and thinner as normal Lenny. To the filmmaker's amazement he accomplished this.
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Revealing mistakes: When Evan first wakes up without arms, you can see small shadows not completely erased on the pillow from his "missing" right arm.
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References The Basketball Diaries (1995)
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The End
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Why didn't anything change the first time Evan went back to the past?Is "The Butterfly Effect" based on a book?
When Evan went back into his past, why did he always return as an adult instead of living his life forward from the time of the flashback?
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Ashton Kutcher plays Evan Treborn, a troubled man who suffered blackouts as a child. When he discovers a way to travel back into the body of his past self, his time trips start to cause negative results on his present. As he uses his powers to try to fix his past and present, the effect escalates, creating alternate realities, many of which are worse than the past that he is trying to change.
The Butterfly Effect is a terrific thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The previews looked very intense and the whole film is pretty much like that. It held onto the audience right at the start and it didn't let go until the end. The plot is nothing new but the execution was very nice. It offers a bunch of interesting and unpredictable twists so it's hard to see where things are going. The whole film is like that, just one long engaging thrill ride.
The acting is okay, some people did better than others. Ashton Kutcher is surprisingly good as Evan and he does a good job for his first serious movie. Amy Smart is very pretty and talented and she plays Kayleigh perfectly. The only person I didn't really like was Melora Walters. She was pretty wooden and unconvincing. Besides for her, the acting was pretty good and convincing. No one really did a bad job.
This film was directed and written by both Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. They did make their mistakes but the film is still pretty good. The critics never gave this movie a chance. As soon as they heard Ashton Kutcher was in it, they all prepared to give it thumbs down. The movie moves around a lot that its hard to keep up but it also keeps you paying attention. Plenty of movies have gone back in time before but this one does it so more effectively that its almost original in that sense. The beginning is done well, the middle it starts dragging but it starts picking up and the ending is done extremely well. This is one of the best films of 2004 and certainly an entertaining one. In the end, this underrated gem is worth checking out. Rating 8/10