Generation Y's "Twilight Zone" - submitted for your approval - NOT!

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2004)

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (2004) ** Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Ethan Suplee, Melora Walters, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz. Misfire sci-fi with Kutcher miscast (the least of this film's problems) as a young man who has the ability to travel back in time to change the events of his troubled life with strong repercussions that the title eludes to (i.e. 'if a butterfly's wings affect the wind to cause a typhoon' et al) has some truly laughable effects (largely the camera gets all wobbly and then a visual effect of a sonic boom of sorts) and end results with a deeply disturbing chain of events the main characters suffer through. Written by co-directors j. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress aims for a 'Twilight Zone' type of flick but misses its target completely.