The Butterfly Effect
Overview
Playing God has its consequences, which is the theme of the tricky time-travel shockfest THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress, who share writing and directing credits, make a splash with a gripping script that never fails to throw twists and loops into the plot. Both thematically and visually, the film is similar to the perfect commercial filmmaking in the team's script for FINAL DESTINATION II. Here, Evan Trehorn (Ashton Kutcher) is a college student who has suffered from blackouts and memory loss since he was a child. Tormented by deeply repressed childhood memories, he has visions of his best friend and first love Kayleigh (Amy Smart) as a child (Irene Gorovaia) whose Dad (Eric Stoltz) is a child molester, and whose brother Tommy has a serious sadistic streak. In search of greater clarity, Evan pores over his journals and is physically transported back in time where he is still a young boy (John P. Amedori) and has the ability to change what happened. But soon he realizes that changing history has caused calamitous results elsewhere. A mesmerizing thriller with a dark underlying mystery, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT is delightfully chilling.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Eric Bress - Director
J Mackye Gruber - Director
J. Mackye Gruber - Director
Ashton Kutcher
Amy Smart
Elden Henson
Melora Walters
Kevin G Schmidt
William Lee Scott
Cameron Bright
Cameron Crigger
Nathaniel de Veaux
Eric Stoltz
Details
- Format: DVD (Director's Cut / Edition, AC-3, Digital Theater System, Dolby, Dubbed)
- Run Time: 120
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 794043717321
- Genre: MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
- Rating: R (MPAA) (violence, sexual content, language, and brief drug use)
- Release Date: July 2004
Movie Reviews
Notes:
Theatrical Release Date: January 23, 2004
Reviews:
"[Kutcher] plays a convincing kid in his early 20s, treating each new reality with a straightforward realism....The plot provides a showcase for acting talent." - 01/23/2004 Chicago Sun-Times, p.31
"Kutcher is perfectly serviceable in his first dramatic role..." - 03/01/2004 Box Office, p.29
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