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Overview
Tagline:
Verändere die Zukunft, durch die Vergangenheit (Change the future, through the past.) morePlot:
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 (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(19 articles)
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Haunting, Tragic, but ultimately Brilliant moreCast
(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 Schmidt | ... | Lenny at 13 (as Kevin G. Schmidt) | |
| 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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Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug use. (also director's cut)Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
113 min | 120 min (director's cut)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
South Korea:18 | Malaysia:18SG | USA:R (No. 39664) | Iceland:16 | Brazil:14 | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | 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 (Ontario)MOVIEmeter: 
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The teenage versions of Evan, Kayleigh, and Tommy go see Se7en (1995) at a movie theater that's also showing Dumb & Dumber (1994). Both of those movies, as well as this one, were released by New Line Cinema. And Elden Henson who plays the grown-up Lenny can also be seen in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003). moreGoofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Kayleigh, Tommy, Evan and Lenny are putting the block buster in the mailbox, Evan puts the cigarette on the block buster and says it should last Lenny 2 minutes, but his mouth says 10 minutes. moreQuotes:
[first lines][reading aloud as he writes a note]
Evan: If anyone finds this, it means my plan didn't work and I'm already dead. But if I can somehow go back to the beginning of all of this, I might be able to save her.
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I have seen this movie just a few hours ago and i have to say that it is brilliantly conceived. Definately not a feel good film, but rather dark and tragic in every sense of the word. Yes the performances were above and beyond etc etc... and it helped, but the film itself is an emotionally provacative piece of work that had me feeling sad, morose and depressed. Nonetheless i think that this makes it a very powerful film to evoke such strong feelings while watching it. It is, for lack of a better term, very human. On a different note there were also many complexities to do with chaos theory inderlying the raw emotional turmoil that the characters endure such as time travel, alternate universes and such, but rather than rely on these interesting ideas and theories to carry the movie, it is instead simply used as a background setting for an incredible story. I loved it for what it is, but not something you see to be entertained. See this movie but don't take your family.