TV Guide
A somber fable about the far-reaching and unforeseen consequences that ripple out from every act, screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber's joint directing debut falters under its weighty dramatic burdens.
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The Butterfly Effect
Ashton Kutcher (That '70s Show) leads this sci-fi drama as a young man who discovers the ability to travel back in time. However, every change he makes to the past bears disastrous consequences for the present.
2004Rating: R16, Violence, offensive language & sexual themes113 minsUSA, Canada
Science FictionThriller
The Butterfly Effect / Reviews
The New York Times
Inhabited by a genuine spirit of cruelty, both toward its characters and its audience.
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I enjoyed "The Butterfly Effect," up to a point. That point was reached too long before the end of the movie. There's so much flashing forward and backward, so many spins of fate, so many chapters in the journals, that after awhile I felt that I, as well as time, was being jerked around.
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