Sometimes untolerable film builds with interesting consequenses

Rating: Null/10 (29 January 2004)

I read some terrible reviews on Butterfly before I saw it and was not expecting much going into it. Ashton Kutcher plays a Evan, a fellow with a history of blacking out at some pivitol points during his life. Following in his estranged father's footsteps, he finds a way to relive these accounts by reading or viewing the events that took place before the blackout occured. What seems like better results turns into one tragedy after another as Evan attempts to change the events for the better. The main stronghold of this film is the sometimes horrorish and sometimes humorous results that happen from Evan's "time fixing" endevores. Child violence is another piece of the movie that grabs you, and if that isn't your cup of tea then you should at least find it mildly amusing. Ashton Kutcher is in a role that was better suited for Tobey Maguire or Jake Gyllenhaal. His acting consists of alot of mumbling and some outbursts of rage. The supporting acting helps the film move along, particulary Ethan Suplee as Evan's gothic roomate Thumper. Overall it is worth a watch, and if you can tolerate the disturbing violence it's top notch material. The ending is an ending. Period.