Thank you for being here again today. Because I know you love time travel movies today I will talk to you about The Butterfly Effect film, which I really enjoyed.
A few words about the film
The film was released in 2004 and was directed and written by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber.
The Butterfly Effect, a wonderful psychological thriller was a great commercial success earning about $96 million. The budget of the movie was around $13 million so…despite the poor critical reception it was definitely a success.
The filming location of this Sci-Fi film was Ceperley House, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
The producers of the movie were Anthony Rhulen, Chris Bender, Ashton Kutcher, J C Spinx, A J Dix and the music was by Michael Suby.
In 2006 a sequel to the film was released, The Butterfly Effect 2, Directed by John R. Leonetti. There was also a third film, The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations released in 2009.
A short summary of the story
Evan Treborn grows up suffering many psychological traumas that make him often black out. The boy and his friends, Lenny, Kayleigh and Tommy Miller went through a lot of unpleasant things during their childhood.
George Miller (Tommy and Kayleigh’s father) force Evan to take part in child pornography, something that scars his soul as a child.
Other events that changed his life were:
He was almost killed by his father Jason Treborn (who is then killed in front of him by guards).
When playing with his friends with dynamite he accidentally kills a mother and her daughter.
His friend Tommy burned his dog.
All these things made him another person, with physiological issues.
A few years later, when he was with a girl in his room, reading from his adolescent journals, Evan discovers that he could travel back in time and fix some parts of his past.
Like this, he understood that his father wanted to kill him because he found out that Evan had the ability to time travel when he had the blackouts. As a child, he didn’t know this.
The journeys in the past, trying to change the present
As we know, changing the past has consequences for the present. His timeline had a future when he is imprisoned for the murder of Tommy and is an amputee with no legs.
As many times as he tries to change the past, the consequences are not good for him and his friends, so he understands that the only thing keeping his friends from having a happy life is him. So… he makes his last try.
He went back to the first day when he meets Kayleigh and upsets her on purpose, so they don’t become friends and when their parents divorced, Kayleigh and Tommy went to live with their mother and not with their father.
So… the two kids don’t grow up with Evan and they have a successful life.
Evan awakes in a college room, having Lenny as a roommate. He asks Lenny where Kayleigh is and his friend’s answer is which Kayleigh? So.. Evan understands that everything is ok.
He burns all his journals and videotapes to not change the faith of his friends and his own future.
As an adult, in New York City eight years later, he passes by Kayleigh on the street and even if they recognized each other they just keep walking.
So… this is the story… I hope you will enjoy seeing the film. J
Who brought the story to live?
Evan Treborn – (adult) Ashton Kutcher
–13 years old – John Patrick Amedori
-7 years old – Logan Lerman
Kayleigh Miller-(adult) Amy Smart
-13 years old – Irene Gorovaia
–7 years old – Sarah Widdows
Lenny kagan – (adult) Elden Henson
–13 years old – Kevin G, Schmidt
–7 years old – Jake Kaese
Tommy (Tom) Miller-(adult) William Lee Scott
-14 years old – Jessee James
–8 years old – Cameron Bright
Also you can see Melora Walters (as Andrea Treborn), Eric Stoltz (George Miller), Ethan Suplee (Thumper), Kevin Durand (Carlos), Callum Keith Rennie (Jason Treborn) Lorena Gale (Mrs Boswell), Nathaniel DeVeaux (Dr.Redfield), Tara Wilson (Heidi), Jesse Hutch (Spencer) and Jacqueline Steward (Gwen).
Which end would you choose?
The Butterfly Effect film has 4 endings, different each one.
In the theatrical release, the film ends with Evan and Kayleigh seeing each other but they just keep walking. They don’t exchange any words.
Another ending is when Evan and Kayleigh meet, and he invites her for a coffee.
The third ending is similar to the first, they meet and just keep walking but this time, Evan changes his mind and follows Kayleigh.
The last end named the directors cut is with Evan watching a movie with his own birth, and he travels in time a few minutes before he is born.
To avoid all the problems, he kills himself with his own umbilical cord.
This is how he explains why the other three children of his mother kill themselves, having the same gift of traveling in time from their father.
Awards
In 2004, The Butterfly Effect won the Pegasus Audience Award at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film.
It was also nominated for Best Science Fiction Film at Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films (Saturn Awards) and for Teen Choice Awards.
Everybody makes mistakes 🙂
When Evan puts a cigarette on the blockbuster he says that it should last Lenny 2 minutes but if you actually look at his lips you can see that he says 10 minutes.
When he is asking for his journals, the doctor tells him that they were changed by Evan in order no avoid dealing with Katie’s death. Her name actually is Kayleigh.
When Evan writes in his journal for the first time the name of the girl, he writes Kayley, instead of Kayleigh.
When Evan invites to dinner Kayleigh the flower in her hair appears and disappears between the shots.
When Evan is hypnotized and falls, some blood spots on his shirt disappear just before the scene is over.
These are just a few of them, but ok, this doesn’t make the movie less interesting and captivating.
So now I think I will let you see the film, and then I am here for any questions or comments you have.
I hope you enjoyed reading my review 🙂
Thanks for being here today.
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Hi,
Thanks for your awesome and detail review on butterfly effect film. I just watch the movie recently and I enjoy it very much. I really love a time travel story like this one. And sometimes, I really got confuse on what’s happening on the story line. Because the story line change too much cause of the butterfly or paradox effects. Hoping to read more great review from you.
Cheers
i am glad that you liked the review and thank you for reading:))) of course as the site develop you will find more reviews:) if you want to know something special about any movie ask me 🙂
I really enjoyed your review of the butterfly effect, and even though I’ve seen this movie, your post makes me want to watch it again. Your page is full of rich and in depth content that really provides the entire picture to readers like me. I especially liked how you divided the page with images, character analysis, and even a youtube video. Well done.
Thank you very much for reading and i am really happy that you enjoyed it 🙂 it is a really nice film and i tried to give to my readers as much information is possible , written in the simplest and enjoyable way 🙂
Hmm.. Great review! I agree with Spencer. I too wish to watch that movie again. You made it rekindle some nostalgia and that’s one of my favorite highs 🙂 You did well chopping up your paragraphs as well as using pictures and even a video I see. Keep it up and you’ll do fine! 🙂
thanks for your nice words:) encouraging:)))I hope you will enjoy the movie:))
This is awesome:) Brings back old memories because i have not seen this in at least 10 years. Thank you for re-describing the movie so well to me. It was very interesting and now I am probably going to watch it!
I recently saw the age of Adeline what did you think about that one?
I remember seeing this film sometime ago and thought then what a great idea it was for a movie.
I am delighted to know that there are sequels in place. I was not aware of them and will make an effort to see them.
I think Ashton Kutcher plays a great part in this film and will make an effort to catch up with the rest of the story.
Will you be reviewing the other two movies?
Great site, thanks
Chris
thanks for reading and i am glad that you enjoyed it. yes of course soon i will review the next two movies and when you have the chance watch them and tell me your opinion.
Stay around and i will come up with my reviews soon:)
have a great day
Cristina
I haven’t seen the butterfly effect yet, but I am already a bit moved to tears when you told me that Evan purposely time traveled to be past so that his friends will leave him. He didn’t do it for himself. He did it for them. It goes to show that he has a big heart and worthy to be called a hero in this world. As for the ending, (the director’s cut) where he strangled himself with his own umbilical cord. That part was definitely a little too sad. I mean, he can always time travel several more times to see which decisions can make a better future. There is really no need to give up that early. That is my own opinion though. What do you think?
I think you are right but maybe we can’t avoid what is written for our faith? It is a sad end but you didn’t tell what end would you choose?
Thanks for reading and I know this was just a film but what you believe about the real effect? Can any action change the life line?
Cristina
Hi Cristina,
Thanks for sharing a great review on butterfly effect film.
I must say the true here, I’ve never watched it before, but it’s on my things to do list.
You did a great review and it makes this film interesting for me to watch it.
This weekend could be perfect timing as we have a snow storm in Quebec, a day to stay at home watching a good movie.
Yes , the perfect time are the cold winter nights:) I hope you will have a great evening watching the film:)
Thanks for the reading and I am glad that you did enjoy the review. You have other choices also to spend a full week of bad weather, if you want, just check the Movies category:))
Have a nice time and nice to meet you.
Cristina