An enjoyable Sci-fi/Drama/Thriller.

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2007)

The Butterfly Effect is akin to the Chaos Theory, which states that the flapping of a butterfly's wing on one side of the world causes a typhoon on the other side or to put it more simply, the smallest of events can yield the biggest consequences.
It's not often that I enjoy films where Ashton Kutcher is the lead actor, but this film is definitely an exception.
Kutcher delivers a surprisingly good performance as Evan Treborn, a kid who grew up with a condition he inherited from his father where he has episodes of "blackouts". To help him remember the events that lead up to and following his blackouts, he creates "journals" of every blackout episode. Fast forward to Evan's college days - the blackout episodes are now gone, and Evan is living a normal college boy life. A girl happens upon Evan's journals while she was in the room with him, and once Evan reads one of his journals he is inexplicably temporarily transported back to that particular time and place in his journal. This leads Evan to believe he can right the wrongs he did in the past and possibly change what the future holds for him.
I think I've spoiled enough already, so I'll stop there.
The film has a very gripping plot, with little twists here and there, and the actors played their parts well. The settings and locations were spot on, and the sequencing well paced.
It deserves the 9/10 rating I gave it in my opinion.