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 .. Read more
| Starring | Ashton Kutcher, Melora Walters, Amy Smart, Elden Henson |
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| Director | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber, John R. Leonetti |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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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 realises that changing history has caused calamitous results elsewhere. A mesmerising thriller with a dark underlying mystery, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT is delightfully chilling.
| Starring | Ashton Kutcher, Melora Walters, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz, Callum Keith Rennie, Ethan Suplee, Eric Lively, Erica Durance, JR Bourne, Gina Holden, Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner |
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| Director | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber, John R. Leonetti |
| Studio | ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins Blu-ray: 4 hrs 54 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 23 Apr 2007 Blu-ray: 14 Sep 2009 |
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Ignore the ridiculously poor reception this film received by critics - this film rocks!
I urge you not to read the above plot of the film - I went to the cinema knowing nothing about the plot, and I'm sure this is the best way to see it.
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Must see ignore bad reviews their confused
This film is brilliant is has everything, laughs, twist turns, you don't know whats going to happen next, its thrilling.
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If I went back and killed the writer, would I never have to watch it?
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Very good film that show consequences of changing past
Very good film. You do have to keep with it though and pay attention with all the skipping back to the past etc. Very good to watch though. Cannot wait to watch... read more »
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