Excellent mind blower, poorly underrated

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2005)

OK, let's cut to the chase here...PLEASE SEE THIS MOVIE!!!! If you are anything like me then you'll love it.
I rented this movie not expecting much (as it appears most people did) and found it a hugely fulfilling surprise that really blew me away as I didn't expect anything of the sort. I can't believe how it's been completely looked over by so-called movie experts (my guess is they said "Oh Ashton Kutcher doing serious, must crap" without even watching).
It has it's slow moments but overall is a very imaginative story that makes you really think the possibilities of the theme 'The Butterfly Effect'. I found it actually quite hard to sleep the night I first watched the movie (I've bought the Directors Cut now on DVD and have watched it about 4 times) because it left me thinking deeply about how different life could be if one event had gone differently.
Ashton proves that he is a very versatile actor who delivers a powerful performance you would expect from the dude who lost his car in 'Dude,Wherew's My Car?'. I like him anyway in his usual silly roles but he's soared in my estimation after seeing this.
I've not seen the cinema version but I gather it had a softer happier ending than the Directors Cut 'baby' ending. I would recommend seeing the Directors Cut as after seeing the other endings on the DVD, they don't match up to what is an amazing ending and one of the saddest you'll see in a movie.
So unless you're just a narrow-minded Ashton-hater or easily offended, GO AND RENT OR BUY THIS MOVIE TODAY!!!!