Well worth staying with it

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2005)

This is one of those movies that for the first half you're sitting there watching it thinking "why am I sitting here watching this?". The first half is not actually boring, but it is pretty unpleasant.
And then it kicks in and things start to happen and you realise that you have got a top level "ideas" science fiction (as opposed to "science fantasy" movie on your hands. If you like timeline changing stories then this is for you, but you will have to get past the grittiness.
This film is way out of character for Ashton Kurtcher and I notice he is one of the producers. An excellent performance. He was so good I thought he must have been Canadian - but he's not. Like Captain Kirk, he's from Iowa. (There is absolutely no relevance in that statement).
I see there's a "Butterfly Effect 2" in production. I'm not sure that's a great idea as it's one of those stories that is complete and self contained. Let's hope the sequel doesn't go the same way as most sequels of "original ideas" films - a pale echo. I'll let you know when I see it.