The Best Worst Movie

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2004)

After seeing 'The Butterfly Effect', I wondered if it could have been any better than it already was. Yes, it had Ashton Kutcher's deplorable self and Amy Smart's always naive/confused character, but it was an interesting movie nevertheless. 'The Butterfly Effect' may not have been the best title for the film, considering Evan (Kutcher) changed events in his own life, not events of the world, but it showed us each disturbing event in his life and how one thing, even the tiniest, can change something, from going to jail to getting his arms blown off. But after analyzing this movie to its full extent, I have to go back and remember why he did all this in the first place. The movie does 'run away' with any and every event that happens in Evan's life, but it is pleasing to see that a movie as poor as this actually wraps itself up in a very pleasing ending, I might add. All in all, 'The Butterfly Effect' may not be a movie you're wanting to see, but the Cautious Critic says to give it a shot.