I really liked it!

Rating: 9/10 (24 January 2005)

I love these types of films. A movie of alternate realities where each small shift in the past causes a completely different present. Each time you watch in anticipation of the twist for the new reality.
Kutcher is a troubled youth who was molested along with a young girl, by the girl's father and later is bullied by the girl's brother. The girl ends up committing suicide and Kutcher's life is haunted by his past. Kutcher is told by his analyst to keep a diary of everything that happens. In his college years, Kutcher finds that when he re-reads his diary, he is suddenly transported back to the actual events depicted in the diary. Each time Kutcher tries to make some adjustment to that event, to try to make things turn out better. But like the story of the butterfly that caused a tidal wave to occur, each little "adjustment" for the good has a ripple effect on the future that causes not necessarily pleasant results.
I was riveted by this movie until the end. The DVD comes with an alternate ending. I suggest you watch the regular ending first (it is the better of the two) before view the director's cut.