The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American sci-fi/drama movie starring Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz and others. The Butterfly Effect is directed and written by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber .

Chaos theory in regard to the weather, suggests that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil might set off a tornado in Texas months later; see butterfly effect. Also metaphorical for the symmetry of brain scans as often seen in the movie and the idea of parallel universe.

The film's tagline is: Change one thing, change everything.

Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) is a man who suffered traumas as a boy (John Patrick Amedori ), but whose recall of events is obscured by blackouts. While searching for an answer to heal his emotional wounds, he finds that when he reads from his adolescent journals, he travels back in time, and is able to essentially "redo" parts of his past. The consequences of his choices then propagate back to the present. As he continues to do this, he realizes that even though his intentions are good, the actions he takes always have unintended consequences.

Comparison

Many critics, including actor Ashton Kutcher himself, have stated this movie is a combination of two classics: Back to the Future (time travel elements) and Jacob's Ladder (mind vs. reality).

This is among many other famous movies such as The Matrix, Fight Club, American Beauty, Minority Report, with an existentialist manifesto.

External links

• Official website