Maybe an episode of 'the twilight zone', but a whole movie???

Rating: 2/10 (25 May 2011)

A guy can travel back in time by reciting lines in his diary. No, really.
The plot revolves around some gruesome childhood experiences that the main character (Kutcher) tries to erase by revisiting them with his adult awareness.
The wider 'butterfly' effects on the involved characters cascade and unimagined outcomes - more and more disturbing - unfold.
The production values are first class, but the human element in this film is sorely lacking. The love of his life is Amy Smart, and most of his time traveling involves an intended better outcome for her. At the end of the day you have to ask why, because there seems to be zero chemistry between the two.
You end up wondering why he bothers obsessing over her as she has no discernible personality and is average in attractiveness. It also seems highly unlikely that a childhood friend would still be in his adult life ... move on already.
The changes he makes to the past seem so clumsy and badly- executed, they are counter-intuitive.
As I said, the premise may have made a good episode of 'The Twilight Zone', but as a film it is a stretch and certainly tested my patience.
2/10