Rotten
Nothing can save this repetitive bore. Dude, where's your memory?
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The Butterfly Effect
Change one thing. Change everything.
2004 · 1h 53m · R
Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Eric Bress
,
J. Mackye Gruber
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Eric Bress Director
- J. Mackye Gruber Director
- Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn
- Amy Smart as Kayleigh Miller
- William Lee Scott as Tommy Miller
- Elden Henson as Lenny Kagan
- Melora Walters as Andrea Treborn
- Eric Stoltz as George Miller
- Logan Lerman as Evan Treborn age 7
- Ethan Suplee as Thumper
- Nathaniel DeVeaux as Dr. Redfield
- Kevin G. Schmidt as Lenny age 13
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
34%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Not one second of this bilge makes a lick of sense.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
Kutcher is the wrong actor to anchor a psychological freak-out.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
It's as if [Kutcher] decided that he would prove himself as a dramatic actor by trying out every cliched serious role in the history of cinema.
Michael Agger, Slate
Rotten
It's one of the most unpleasant Hollywood films in some time.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
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