The Butterfly Effect

  • Theatrical - Wide 2004-01-23
Genres:

JoBlo's Rating

8/10

Synopsis

Struggling with the psychological effects of his repressed childhood memories, a young man (Ashton Kutcher) devises a technique of traveling back in time to inhabit his childhood body. As he attempts to mend the broken lives of those closest to him,... See more he finds that every trip into the past brings chaotic results into the present, leading him to travel back again and again and causing irreparable damage.

Top Stories

JoBloJoBlo

Top 10 Time Travel Thrillers!

What is it about time travel that makes for such entertaining cinema? Is it the uncertainty? The wonderment? The endless possibilities? The innate desire to move up and down, backwards and forwards through our own personal chronology? The ability to...
JoBloJoBlo

A reboot of The Butterfly Effect is in the works

Jake 2004's THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT didn't exactly receive glowing reviews from critics, but movie goers enjoyed the film and it became a decent size hit, grossing almost $100 million in theaters. The time travel film starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy...
See All Articles

Reviews

The Butterfly Effect

Review Date: Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Writer: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Producers: Chris Bender, A.J. Dix Actors: Ashton Kutcher Amy Smart Melora Walters Plot: A troubled young boy with memory issues is confronted with his past when...

Movie Posters

JoBlo

Top 10 Time Travel Thrillers!

What is it about time travel that makes for such entertaining cinema? Is it the uncertainty? The wonderment? The endless possibilities? The innate desire to move up and down, backwards and forwards through our own personal chronology? The ability to...

All Articles

JoBloJoBlo

A reboot of The Butterfly Effect is in the works

2004's THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT didn't exactly receive glowing reviews from critics, but movie goers enjoyed the film and it became a decent size hit, grossing almost $100 million in theaters. The time travel film starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart...
JoBloJoBlo

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Ashton Kutcher!

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...

The Butterfly Effect

Review Date: Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Writer: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Producers: Chris Bender, A.J. Dix Actors: Ashton Kutcher Amy Smart Melora Walters Plot: A troubled young boy with memory issues is confronted with his past when...