Unadulterared crap

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2004)

"Unadulterated" as in not made for adults, "Butterfly Effect" offers some marginal performances in a silly make-it-up-as-you-go story which seems to be little more than an excuse to serve up huge helpings of gratuitous garbage for titillation of the those young people Hollywood just loves to rip off. You'll see a pedophilia, animal cruelty, sex, nudity, frat hazing, car trashing, prison fights, insane ravings, countless excuses to use the ever popular "F" word, and much, much more cinematic junk food designed to separate the old teen and young adult audience from the price of admission as this sensationalistic crap-filled flick wanders through the deranged mind of the central character (Kutcher). Scorned by the critics but hailed by young males, "Butterfly Effect" is not worthy of a recommendation. (C)