Reprehensible Garbage

Rating: Null/10 (12 February 2004)

Don't get me wrong, I love a good suspense film, but what disturbed me the most about the The Butterfly Effect was it's degrading, repulsive, and exploitative depiction of children. I'll mention just a few scenes I found objectionable:
1. mother and baby blown up with a stick of dynamite 2. child stabs another child in the back with a metal shard 3. child burns a dog alive 4. pedophile video tapes two children
And that's just in the first 20 minutes. I won't even go into the prison scene. Why have so many reviewers glossed over these important facts with small-talk about Ashton Kutcher and how good or bad his acting was - when a film is this bad who cares? Rather than create any real suspense, the makers of this film exploit children for shock value, pure and simple. This film represents a new low in American cinema and I hope more people speak out about this reprehensible garbage.