Mackye Gruber, have achieved something truly stunning with this picture. They deserve some type of award or plaque or perhaps pendants that they can dangle on their chests, denoting the prominent place they now hold in film history. No wonder it took two people to put this together — only through diligent collaboration could they muster the stamina to create such an untiring, unrelenting minutes of bombastic, mind-numbing crapola. How could a movie that wantonly and irresponsibly exploits such serious material as the murder and sexual molestation of children, animal cruelty, sadism, lung cancer, crack addiction, prostitution, mental illness, fraternity hazing, nose bleeding, prison rape, single motherhood, chaos theory, time portals and the use of a dildo on an obese Goth rocker get any worse? Is this what causes Evan to have blackouts, not being able to remember pivotal moments throughout the rest of his life?
In Search of Lost Time
The Butterfly Effect - Wikipedia
Skip to Content. Explores extremely dark subject matter such as incest, child molestation, prison rape, suicide, animal cruelty, bullying, and mental illness. The movie seems to suggest in some ways that the decency, kindness, and moral compass of individuals is determined primarily by external factors and circumstances rather than choices made from within. Graphic violence, violent situations, disturbing scenes. Warning: Some spoilers.
What parents need to know
The title refers to the butterfly effect , a popular hypothetical situation that illustrates how small initial differences may lead to large unforeseen consequences over time. Evan experiences blackouts and memory loss throughout his childhood. Later, in his 20s, Evan finds he can travel back in time to inhabit his former self during those periods of blackout, with his adult mind inhabiting his younger body. He attempts to change the present by changing his past behaviors and set things right for himself and his friends, but there are unintended consequences for all.






If God forgives me every time I ask, why do I still feel so guilty? A ll of us have wished for the chance to be able go back in time and change certain actions, in order to undo the negative effects. Some people, by over-fantasizing about changing things, have committed some missteps at their high school reunions etc. The central character, Evan Treborn Ashton Kutcher , suffered repression blackouts as a child. One set of actors Kutcher plus Elden Henson, Amy Smart and William Lee Scott plays the four friends in the present day, at age 20 or so; another set plays them at age 13; and still another set plays all of them except Lenny at age 7.
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