Review of The Butterfly Effect (2004) by Ryan G — 28 Aug 2011

It does have an interesting premise and that's about it. The route they took to present this premise is totally off. So far this fantasy concept of alternate universe has mostly been dealt in the comedy genre with some exceptions like the movie Time Machine. When you are going for something serious, it should be a hard hitting subtlety than amateurish sensationalism.

Evan (Ashton Kutcher) occasionally blacks out at times from his childhood and a doctor suggests him to maintain a journal to keep track of them. When he is older, he finds a way to travel back in time to those blackout periods and those were the moments that have changed his life.

As I have already appreciated it's premise that has a decent potential, every single instance Evan goes and changes the past, the future turns out in the worst possible way or he manages to make it worse with his inexplicable actions. Everyone applies their worst possible judgment to any given scenario.

The performances were OK which was more let down due to the scenarios they were in. The plot however bad it is, is woven quite well between the blackouts and the instances of future. Visual effects were just ordinary and the pace of the movie is quick. Another instance of a premise with potential fizzing out.