Attend to the message of the film

Rating: 9/10 (24 January 2004)

I am not sure why so many folks don't appreciate The Butterfly Effect. OK, it is dark, both lighting and the feel of the movie is very dark. OK, and it deals with escaping a bunch of unpleasant topics like perversion, killing, prison rape, prostitution, and, ...well the list goes on.
But let's rise above the setting, the desperation, and the grunge. It is not the sexy grunge of The Matrix. This is a great movie if you have the stomach for it. The message of the film is "What would you do to save the girl you love?"
If you could change the past, what parts would you change? All of it!
Then there is the ending - you find yourself in a Greek-tragedy situation. I cannot give away the ending, but it rises above simple Hollywood.
What would you do to save the girl you love? What would you do to save the girl?
Attend to the message, not the grit.