The Butterfly Effect (2004)
- Directed by
- Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film, psychological thriller film, crime thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 8,320 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A college student discovers he can travel back in time by reliving his childhood blackouts. He tries to fix traumatic events from his past but finds that each change creates new problems.
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What happens
The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. It stars Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson, Logan Lerman, Ethan Suplee, and Melora Walters. The title refers to the butterfly effect. Kutcher plays 20-year-old college student Evan Treborn, who experiences blackouts and memory loss throughout his childhood. In his later 20s, Evan finds he can travel back in time to inhabit his former self during those periods of blackout, with his adult mind inhabiting his younger body. He attempts to change the present by changing his past behaviors and set things right for himself and his friends, but there are unintended consequences for all. The film draws heavily on flashbacks of the characters' lives at ages 7 and 13 and presents several alternative present-day outcomes as Evan attempts to change the past, before settling on an outcome. The film was released by New Line Cinema on January 23, 2004 and had a poor critical reception; however, it was a commercial success, generating box-office revenues of $96.8 million on a budget of $13 million. The film won the Pegasus Audience Award at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Science Fiction Film at the Saturn Awards and Choice Movie: Thriller in the Teen Choice Awards, but lost to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Breaking Dawn (2004)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.