Scale: 7/10 Should you see it? Yes How’s the writing? Good Any gaping holes in the plot? None I could see What stands out? We haven’t seen this before See it in the theater or wait to rent? Either I like to not know much about a movie before I see it. Most times it pays off. I had seen a preview of this movie and the title stuck in my head (hey movie execs, a good title is very important!) so we decided to go see it.
I thought it was amazing. Sure the writing was a little weak in places, but not unlike any other movie if you examine it closely (every movie has a few bad lines in it).
What surprised me was when I later learned that this movie was getting trashed in reviews. I even heard that Ashton Kutcher was refusing to promote it. If true, that’s too bad, because people are going to miss out on a very interesting movie.
2 Responses to “Butterfly Effect”
on 06 Feb 2004 at 11:03 am # Laurie
I thought this movie was awesome. Yes, it was dark and disturbing and struck me as Steven King-eque, but the acting was much better than any Steven King movie I’ve ever seen, I must add. I found it very suspenseful and definitely kept my attention. I haven’t seen much promotion for it, which is sad, because it was a really good flick. Very thought provoking, don’t go if you’ve had a hard day and just want to relax, because this is one that will have to pay attention too. It did a good job of sucking me into the plot.
on 16 Mar 2004 at 8:59 pm # Tim
Honestly, the best movie I have seen