| | | Change one thing, change everything.
Features: DVD, Director's Cut, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Featurettes, Image Gallery, Audio Commentary, Storyboards, Theatrical Trailer, English, Spanish Subtitled
A young man struggling to access sublimated childhood memories finds a technique that allows him to travel back to the past. Occupying his childhood body, he is able to change history. But every change he makes has unexpected consequences.
"An ambitious, thoughtful and challenging film with layers of serious ideas." Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies
"...a wonderfully intelligent piece that ties all its fluffy cinematic bows properly..." Emily Blunt, Blunt Review
"Outlandish premise. Cleverly executed." Victoria Alexander, Filmsinreview.com
Editor's Note
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 realizes that changing history has caused calamitous results elsewhere. A mesmerizing thriller with a dark underlying mystery, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT is delightfully chilling.
| Features | All Access Pass: Filmmaker Commentary - Directors and Screenwriters Eric Bress And J. Mackye Gruber, Deleted/Alternate Scenes, The Creative Process, Visual Effects, Storyboard Gallery, Original Theatrical Trailer | | Audio: English Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS ES 6.1 (Director's Cut Only), Stereo Surround | | Beyond The Movie: The Science And Psychology Of The Chaos Theory, The History And Allure Of Time Travel, Fact Track--Trivia Subtitle Track | | DVD-ROM Features | | Includes Original Theatrical Version And Never-Before-Seen Director's Cut | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English | | Trailers | | "The History And Allure Of Time Travel" Featurette | | "The Science And Psychology Of The Chaos Theory" Featurette | | Visual Effects Documentary | | The Creative Process Documentary | | Contains Both Theatrical Version And Director's Cut Of The Film | | DVD-ROM Features: Script-to-Screen, Link To Original Website, Exclusive On-Disc Rom Content, Exclusive Content At Infinifilm | | Widescreen Presentation Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Audio: English Dolby Digital EX 5.1, DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes With Commentary | | Audio Commentary With Director And Screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 9/12/2006 |
| Running Time: 120 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 7173 | | UPC: 00794043717321 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times
"[Kutcher] plays a convincing kid in his early 20s, treating each new reality with a straightforward realism....The plot provides a showcase for acting talent." 01/23/2004 p.31Box Office
"Kutcher is perfectly serviceable in his first dramatic role..." 03/01/2004 p.29 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
The ending is weak, and may be the result of the filmmakers writing themselves into a corner and not
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
I enjoyed The Butterfly Effect, up to a point. That point was reached too long before the end - Roger Ebert
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