Mr Nobody vs. The Butterfly Effect: A philosophical journey vs. mere entertainment.

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2014)

The philosophical aspect of this film is to me by far the biggest difference with e.g. The Butterfly Effect (a film that this is compared to a lot). These two movies indeed share a lot of thematic similarities, as they are both about determinism, but TBE is pretty shallow and not designed to be much more than (for some) an enjoyable flick which uses determinism to reach those goals. Mr. Nobody on the other hand is a (not so shallow) philosophical study on determinism which rather seems to be made with the idea to get people to think about this rather than to simply entertain them with it.
Besides the philosophical aspects, this film also has some truly beautiful cinematography, good acting, a pretty nice and fitting soundtrack and even some (arguably) dystopian elements, which makes it even better. Needless to say that one cannot compare Jared Leto to Ashton Kutcher, without trying to discredit Ashton Kutcher of course.
Up to yesterday I had no idea that this film even existed, but it's needless to say that it has been a very pleasant surprise.