The Butterfly Effect

Rating: 5/10 (20 June 2007)

When I saw the advert for this I thought it was going to be clever and gripping, I was only slightly right. Basically, Evan at 7 (Logan Lerman) suffers from memory blackouts, and moments later he finds himself forward in time in a new place and confused, and his Mom believes he is making up the blackouts to get out of trouble. As Evan grows, to age Evan at 13 (John Patrick Amedori) he has less blackouts, until apparently recovering. He has written a diary about his blackout moments since age 7, so he can remember what happens. Now in college, Evan Treborn (Dude, Where's My Car?'s Ashton Kutcher) starts to read back through his diary, and discovers not only that he can relive the memories that were blacked out, but also that he can change them for the better. Also starring Road Trip's Amy Smart as Kayleigh Miller, Eric Stoltz as George Miller, William Lee Scott as Tommy Miller, Elden Henson as Lenny Kagan, Irene Gorovaia as Kayleigh at 13, Kevin G. Schmidt as Lenny at 13, Jesse James as Tommy at 13, My Name Is Earl's Ethan Suplee as Thumper, Melora Walters as Andrea Treborn and Callum Keith Rennie as Jason Treborn. It is an inventive story in terms of looking back into someone's terrible past experiences that he missed, but it is a bit ridiculous in the places where it goes into another almost perfect world, like a dream or something. Worth watching!