This movie gave me the butterfly effect.

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2004)

This movie gave me the butterfly effect in that I'm here writing this review on how great it is. I just went into a screening tonight, expecting nothing. I never heard of this film or even knew that Ashton Kutcher was in it. But I definitely walked out pleasantly surprised. The thing about this film is that it kept me on my toes every bit of the way. The first 30 minutes kept me guessing what kind of film this was about. At first I thought it was a sci-fi movie, then a "children of the corn" type movie, then some kind of psychological thriller. The basic premise is that the main character, Kutcher finds that he has the ability to go back in time by reading his old journal entries and making little changes in the past which ultimately, greatly affects the future. The movie starts with a quote about the chaos theory how the fluttering of a buttefly's wings can cause a typhoon on the other side of the world. This is basically how the whole movie works, how a little change in past can cause dramatic changes in the future. After watching the movie, I read some online reviews and most publications have slammed this movie. I'm not a big movie buff, but this was definitely a great movie that had me raving afterwards. It is definitely worth seeing.