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The Butterfly Effect (2004) 7.7
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Metascore: 30/100
Reviews: 1,063 user | 169 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com 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. |
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Cast
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| Ashton Kutcher | ... | ||
| Melora Walters | ... | ||
| Amy Smart | ... | ||
| Elden Henson | ... | ||
| William Lee Scott | ... | ||
| John Patrick Amedori | ... | ||
| Irene Gorovaia | ... | ||
| Kevin G. Schmidt | ... | ||
| Jesse James | ... | ||
| Logan Lerman | ... | ||
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Sarah Widdows | ... | |
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Jake Kaese | ... | |
| Cameron Bright | ... | ||
| Eric Stoltz | ... | ||
| Callum Keith Rennie | ... | ||
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Storyline
Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick! Written by Anonymous
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Such minor changes, such huge consequences. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 January 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El efecto mariposa See more »Box Office
Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$143,748 (Japan) (13 May 2005)Gross:
$143,748 (Japan) (13 May 2005)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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[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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Written by Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons and Le Baron (as Bernard Estardy)
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Courtesy of Virgin Astralwerks Records
Under license from EMI & TV Music
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Was one of the most widely read unproduced scripts in the industry. It wasn't until Ashton Kutcher stepped up to exec produce the movie that it was greenlit. See more »Goofs
In the final scene of the theatrical cut (not the director's cut), you can see a grown up 28-year-old Evan as a businessman walking out of a building, talking on his cell phone. When he walks by a building, the reflection of a camera is seen moving on a tinted window. See more »Quotes
[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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Soundtracks
"My Elastic Eye"Written by Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons and Le Baron (as Bernard Estardy)
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Courtesy of Virgin Astralwerks Records
Under license from EMI & TV Music
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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.