2004 Directed by Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.
Ashton Kutcher Melora Walters Amy Smart Elden Henson William Lee Scott Eric Stoltz Logan Lerman Ethan Suplee Nathaniel DeVeaux Kevin G. Schmidt Jesse James Callum Keith Rennie Irene Gorovaia John Patrick Amedori Cameron Bright Lorena Gale Kendall Cross John Tierney Ted Friend John B. Lowe Camille Sullivan Tara Wilson Jesse Hutch Bill Croft Kevan Ohtsji Daniel Spink Meilani Paul Grant Thompson
Chris Bender A.J. Dix J.C. Spink Anthony Rhulen Cale Boyter Richard Brener Toby Emmerich Jason Goldberg David Krintzman Ashton Kutcher William Shively Richard Stirling
Geoffrey G. Rubay Lon Bender Peter Zinda Christopher Assells Karen Vassar Triest Mathew Waters John Ross John Bires
Quentin Tarantino said the whole reason he casted John Travolta in Pulp Fiction was because as fantastic of an actor Travolta is (especially in Blow-Out, one of his favorites) no directors really use him to his full potential and instead pick him up for stupid rom-coms. I would say exactly the same thing about Ashton Kutcher.
Yeah yeah I know you're already giving me looks about claiming Kutcher is a good actor. Honestly, I think that this film proved he was filled with talent. He was excellent in this and if he picked better projects post-That 70's Show, I think we'd be calling him an excellent actor. A lot of the cast give great performances here (even Amy Smart who…
this movie used to make me cry in high school..... but i ain't no little bitch anymore.... i've played life is strange..... i know what real pain is
That original ending always had me upset because after EVERYTHING, THAT ends up HAPPENING.
But then I just found out about that director's cut alternate ending and now I can barely breathe.
Still a classic and I love it every time I see it. Who cares about the flaws when the movie is crazy.
The Butterfly Effect is a fascinating idea that misses a few too many beats to be great. There are stretches of brilliance and utter captivation but there are also inhibiting moments where scenes feel a few drafts away from a sophisticated fruition. Maybe it was the rush of production or a script circumventing the scalpel of a final doctor, but the need for some rearranging, reshoots and tautness is regrettably palpable.
Don't get me wrong, this is still a quality movie with impressive cohesion and edge of your seat thrills. Structurally, it's cogent and devoid of convoluted or ostentatious warping of the timeline. Conversely, when it does have to skew the timeframe, it nimbly does so with effectively incorporated flashbacks…
Not being able to undo your past deeds is the greatest pain of all. Knowing that nothing can be done is the greatest torture of all. Hurting your loved one for their well being and bearing the brunt of it is the greatest sacrifice of all.
The sacrifice made by Evan made my heart ache. This film had such an impact on me. The ending brought tears to my eyes :(
I wish that the opening was a little tighter and less confusing. Once the film finds it's groove this is 5-star stuff, from Kutcher's performance to the intricate exploration of various "what if?" scenarios. And that director's cut ending? One of the darkest, but most powerful, endings ever (right up there with THE MIST). Wrecked me then and wrecks me now. Great film!
Funny thing: I saw the movie without knowing about the four endings. My edition was director's cut and for me it made the movie weird. I like it but that's it. I don't know how what after seeing it I ended up looking on youtube the different endings. The theatrical cut is for me one of the best endings ever. It's not happy, it's not sad. It's bittersweet.
This is a really interesting concept for a movie. Through reading his journals Evan get's the chance to redo certain life changing moments from his past in order to make his life better. Who hasn't thought about those moments and what we could have done differently to make everything different?
The story is compelling to me in the sense of the questions that is sparks as well as how the performances from most of the cast bring it to that next levle.
This movie is breathtakingly beautiful. Ashton Kutcher creates a great atmosphere throughout the movie as he plays a troubled adult from his sore past. Throughout growing up he’s had a rough childhood and writes down his “bad days” in journals one day. Then one day he finds his old journals and decides to rewrite them which transports him into his shattered childhood and tries to fix it, however nothing seems to go right. This movie is a potential masterpiece, if only some of the scenes could have been executed somewhat more efficiently.
Ashton Kutcher is an absolute charisma void; the viewer ends up hoping he gets trapped in the past somehow.
솔찍히 지금 다시 보면 모르겠는데 중2병 한창일때 이런영화 한번 봐봐라 그때는 진짜 인생영화였다. 지금은 일부러라도 안보고 있는 영화..
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