Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Reviews
Product Description
Psychological thriller starring Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn, a young man who, from an early age, has struggled with his disturbing childhood memories. As a boy, Evan was encouraged by a psychologist to keep a journal detailing the events of his day-to-day life, and now, as a young adult, he revisits these journals to figure out the truth about events that ended in tragedy for his childhood friends Lenny (Elden Henson) and Tommy (William Lee Scott), and the childhood sweetheart Kayleigh (Amy Smart) with whom he is still in love. Evan makes the incredible discovery that he can use the notebooks as a vehicle enabling him to journey back into the past so that his adult mind occupies the body of his childhood self. He begins a series of attempts to re-direct history with the aim of saving his friends and loved ones from the traumas that have befallen them. But every time Evan changes something in the past, however small, he finds when he returns to the present that his actions have had unexpected and disastrous consequences. The harder he tries to make things go right, the less able he seems to create a reality that allows him and Kayleigh to live happily ever after.
Product Description
THIS DVD IS EX-DISPLAY - Very Good to Excellent Condition - BECOMING VERY COLLECTABLE NOW DAYS - HARD TO FIND - BX7 - Maybe A Few Very Fine Surface Marks Due To Cleaning - Tested - Plays Fine (The case may be slightly shop soiled but the disc has been kept in a plastic disc sleeve in a dry area). This dvd has been inspected & tested plays fine maybe a few fine surface marks.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
41 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By Marshall Lord
TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
This is an extremely clever, moving and well acted film, and a good antidote to the type of film in which changing the past is made to appear relatively straightforward. But it packs a major sting in the tail and is not one to watch if you want to be cheered up.
The title "The Butterfly effect" is a reference to the behaviour of sensitive systems under chaos theory, and the film starts with the famous quote about how the flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a tornado on the other side of the world six months later. The film could almost have been subtitled "Or: The Law of Unintended Consequences."
The central character is Evan, a boy whose father and grandfather died in mental hospitals and who appears to have inherited a strange condition from them. Evan is portrayed brilliantly as a young adult by Ashton Kutcher, as a 7-year old by Logan Lerman, and as a teenager by John Patrick Amedori.
As a boy Evan has blackouts at times of extreme stress when he does things which can be very strange and scary, and then has no memory of them. To try to help with this, his mother (Melora Walters) encourages him to keep a daily journal.
Evan grows up to become a brilliant student, and then discovers than by reading his diaries and concentrating he can send his consciousness, including his adult memories, back to the time he was reading about. Then he realises that he can try to change the past.
After the suicide of his childhood friend Kayleigh (played as an adult by Amy Smart) Evan sends his mind back to a traumatic childhood event, which he correctly identifies as the start of the process which put Kayleigh on the path to despair and premature death.... Read more ›
The title "The Butterfly effect" is a reference to the behaviour of sensitive systems under chaos theory, and the film starts with the famous quote about how the flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a tornado on the other side of the world six months later. The film could almost have been subtitled "Or: The Law of Unintended Consequences."
The central character is Evan, a boy whose father and grandfather died in mental hospitals and who appears to have inherited a strange condition from them. Evan is portrayed brilliantly as a young adult by Ashton Kutcher, as a 7-year old by Logan Lerman, and as a teenager by John Patrick Amedori.
As a boy Evan has blackouts at times of extreme stress when he does things which can be very strange and scary, and then has no memory of them. To try to help with this, his mother (Melora Walters) encourages him to keep a daily journal.
Evan grows up to become a brilliant student, and then discovers than by reading his diaries and concentrating he can send his consciousness, including his adult memories, back to the time he was reading about. Then he realises that he can try to change the past.
After the suicide of his childhood friend Kayleigh (played as an adult by Amy Smart) Evan sends his mind back to a traumatic childhood event, which he correctly identifies as the start of the process which put Kayleigh on the path to despair and premature death.... Read more ›
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have purchased this film and seen the original version in the cinema. Part of the DVD extras is a set of alternative ednings to this film, of which - the original ending isn't one of them!!! In the uk we saw a different cut of the film then our american counterparts... but alas this ending(and i might add the best of all the alternatives offered) is nowhere to be seen. It's a shame, as this is an outstanding film.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Despite mixed reviews prior to seeing this, I thought this film was an absolute gem. The cast were well introduced at the start and you were led thru the film with mysterious gaps which were filled later on, shocking the audience at times. Subject matter was occasionally difficult but this made it all the more believeable in our hero's responses. Anything that offers a temporal paradox allows the mind to fulfil the 'whatif' question. It gets you thinking but this movie was difficult to 2nd guess which in my view makes for a great and unpredictable film rather than one where I'm climbing the walls waiting for it to end so I can get on with my life. Enjoy!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By mister joe
Format:DVD
The Butterfly Effect most certainly caught me off guard,here i was replete with snobbish indifference{it stars Ashton Demi Kutcher} expecting some moronic supernatural bag of air but instead viewed a thematically profound,expertly written close to masterpiece movie.Gosh.
I am not going to pontificate about the meaning of the butterfly effect,i will leave that to the rather more elequoent reviewers.The conceit of this movie of one's place and actions in life is ingenious,exploring different ways in which events can transpire thus almost giving the viewer 3 films in one.Hey....i am always up for a bargain in these times of debt.
This is one of those rarities of a Hollwood movie with admirable motivations,a story that aims for the heart rather then the wallet.Definetly an example of a studio taking a risk,film makers being brave....
There is a real tangible emotional landscape to this movie,the actors are top notch veering physically,emotionally through different realities.Issue wise you have incest,abuse,regret,love,hate...beautifully poignant stuff that we go through as people.Stuff we live,stuff we suffer...you know stuff...baggage.
Butterfly Effect is pardon the cliche a rollercoaster of a movie and if you have not viewed it get in,ponder.
Beautiful,thought provoking mainstream cinema.
How often can you say that?
I am not going to pontificate about the meaning of the butterfly effect,i will leave that to the rather more elequoent reviewers.The conceit of this movie of one's place and actions in life is ingenious,exploring different ways in which events can transpire thus almost giving the viewer 3 films in one.Hey....i am always up for a bargain in these times of debt.
This is one of those rarities of a Hollwood movie with admirable motivations,a story that aims for the heart rather then the wallet.Definetly an example of a studio taking a risk,film makers being brave....
There is a real tangible emotional landscape to this movie,the actors are top notch veering physically,emotionally through different realities.Issue wise you have incest,abuse,regret,love,hate...beautifully poignant stuff that we go through as people.Stuff we live,stuff we suffer...you know stuff...baggage.
Butterfly Effect is pardon the cliche a rollercoaster of a movie and if you have not viewed it get in,ponder.
Beautiful,thought provoking mainstream cinema.
How often can you say that?
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By "cynicaljon"
Format:DVD
I expected little of this film, only watching it out of a vague interest in its premise and was very pleasantly surprised. There is quite a lot of violence but it is a far from gory film in my eyes and it adds to, rather than detracts from the storyline. The use of violence is necessary to make the dramatic effects these events have on the character's lives plausible. It raises interesting questions about momentary events from our past which ultimely shape us and decide the entire course of our lives.
The many alternate realities 'Evan' (Ashton Kutcher) experiences are fascinating and the viewer is also completely drawn into the series of highly interesting twists. Whilst watching this film I could imagine no other reality than the one presented before me, there was little room for criticism which is why I am so surprised this film received some quite bad reviews elsewhere. Do not believe them, this film is a definite must-see. Other reviewers have commented on the depressing ending but I did not feel let down by it in any way and Evan's 'final solution' is the only one he could have reached. It is a very satisfying finish with none of the cliches of a traditional Hollywood ending.
This film is very Donnie Darko-esque, but although it deals with dark issues such as paedophilia it lacks the very depressing atmosphere of Donnie Darko. Without this heavy atmosphere it takes the transition from the possible horror movie (as some would call Donnie Darko) to a very rare find indeed-a film which does not depress but still evokes powerful emotions and deep thought. An excellent film.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 527 reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A really touching film
The ending had me in tears, but I didn't walk away unsatisfied. This movie is simply great. Sure, the acting was a bit poor at times, but the overall theme and execution of the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Griesmayer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great film!!
Bargain price for a film I know & love. DVD plays well & fine - all good and I am happy with the purchase.
Published 2 months ago by MR M J HARRIS
5.0 out of 5 stars
amazing
this film is amazing! its a great storyline and has really good actors in it, i really enjoyed it ! ending is like WOAH. intense!
Published 3 months ago by Daniel Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars
Director's cut not so good
It's a fairly unique storyline about a young man who can reach back into his past and change things. Read more
Published 4 months ago by R. Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars
What
Amazing film, if you haven't seen it you have to at some point. Plus Ashton Kutcher is in it, nothing like a bit of eye candy to help you through a film.
Published 6 months ago by Victoria Stewart
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Dung Beetle Effect
It's a massively frustrating experience for an audience to watch a movie that offers a genuinely intriguing premise, only for it to fail to deliver in every way conceivable. Read more
Published 10 months ago by pangolin_33
2.0 out of 5 stars
much ado about nothing
I don't mind films with convoluted plots, flashbacks and violence, but I completely lost track of the course of events in this 'psychological thriller', and by the end of the movie... Read more
Published 11 months ago by lycidas
5.0 out of 5 stars
Weird film.
A very odd film with a very original take on the consequences of time-travel done in a very non-sci-fi way. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. Martin Jury
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow what a film
I really didn't expect much from it but it is absolute class, the storyline is amazing, it's quite a sad film, one of the best films i've seen in months i'd say!
Published 17 months ago by Mr. C. J. Davies
4.0 out of 5 stars
Every action has a positive and negative reaction.
Ashton Kutcher, what, that's the guy off that series of unfunny rom-coms, right, and Punk'd cr*p, right? Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. J. Ryden
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
