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.
The Butterfly Effect has generally received positive reviews.
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The Butterfly Effect was released in 2004 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 904 reviews, giving The Butterfly Effect (2004) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 55%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Butterfly Effect than critics were.
With a score of 69%, The Butterfly Effect is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2004, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2004 with similar scores include films like I, Robot, Hellboy and If Only.
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