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The Butterfly Effect streaming

2004 Movie United States, Canada Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction 109 min 12
By: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber With: J. Jackson Kocela, Camille Sullivan, Garry Little, Melora Walters, Shelly Schiavoni

As a child, Evan Treborn was afflicted with blackouts where he would be in one place one minute and then another the next, remembering absolutely nothing in-between. Now all grown up and in college, he decides to read from an old journal he wrote to remember stuff that might have happened in the in-between, and suddenly finds himself back at a certain point in his life. He realizes that those blackouts he had were actually empty spaces of time he had to fill up later in life. Attempting to use this ability to undo unpleasant past events, Evan starts to find that every time he goes back and tries to fix things, he ends up making everything worse. How can he prevent more tragedies from happening and save the one girl he ever loved, Kayleigh (Amy Smart)?

Filmium rating
73%

Mood

Dark
Melancholic
Thoughtful

Cast & Crew

Eric Bress
J. Mackye Gruber
Kevin Durand
Amy Esterle
Camille Sullivan
Jesse Hutch
Lorena Gale
Grant Thompson
Scott Swanson
Bill Croft
Daniel Spink
Logan Lerman
David Cook
William Lee Scott
Shelly Schiavoni
Ashton Kutcher
John B. Lowe
Cameron K. Smith
Callum Keith Rennie
Paul Lazenby
Melora Walters
Tara Wilson
Chapelle Jaffe
Melanie Hall
Douglas Arthurs
Sam Easton
Kevin G. Schmidt
Ethan Suplee
John Tierney
Kevan Ohtsji
Kimani Ray Smith
Garry Little
Amy Smart
June B. Wilde
Elden Henson
Jacqueline Stewart
David Dasilma
Nathaniel DeVeaux
John Patrick Amedori
Sarah Widdows
J. Jackson Kocela
Jake Kaese
Eric Stoltz
Kendall Cross
Magda Apanowicz
Andrew Olcott
Sadie Lawrence
Ted Friend
Irina Gorovaia
Cameron Bright
Brandy Kopp
Jesse James

Budget

Mid-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Flashbacks
Time-Lapse
Visual Effects

Narrative Structure

Multiple Endings
Nonlinear

Pace

Intense
Slow-Paced

Runtime

113 Minutes
Director'S Cut

Style

Cinematic
Dark
Stylized

Time-Period

Contemporary
Early 2000S

Central Conflict

Changing The Past
Trauma Recovery
Unintended Consequences

Characters

Evan Treborn
Kayleigh Miller
Lenny Kagan
Tommy

Ending

Dark Ending
Hopeful Ending
Multiple Endings

Historical Context

Contemporary
Early 2000S

Key Plot Points

Altering Fate
Preventing Abuse
Time Travel

Plot

Altered Realities
Time Travel
Trauma

Setting

College
Urban
Vancouver

Shooting Location

Urban
Vancouver

Theme

Causality
Fate And Free Will
Trauma And Healing

Genre

Drama
Science Fiction
Thriller

Audiences

Adult
Science Fiction Fans
Teen

Titles

The Butterfly Effect

Awards

Pegasus Audience Award

Box Office Success

$96.8 Million Worldwide

Critical Reception

Metacritic 30
Mixed Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes 34%

Festivals

Sundance

Ratings

Cinemascore B+

Reception

Box Office Success
Cult Following
Poor Critical Reviews

Production Countries

United States

Release Year

2004
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