The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect is a psychological thriller starring Aston Kutcher who plays Evan Treborn. Evan is a troubled young boy, his childhood dominated by his blackouts, in which he cannot remember what he has done or been doing. His farther, Rennie, also seems to be suffering from the same thing which is why he is a resident of a high security psychiatric hospital. As Evan grows up he asks more and more about his farther, his mother who is played by Melora Waters decides it is time for Evan to meet his farther. Evan was nearly killed.  His highly sedated father was trying to strangle him to death when Evan came around from his blackout, the guards come in and the only way to stop his father is to kill him. He must have saw something of himself in Evan. 

 

Another of Evans blackouts takes place when he was visiting his childhood friend Kayleigh, where he and Kayleigh both wake, naked in Kayleigh's father’s basement, being the victims to child abuse. Evan is extremely confused about what has just happened. Kayleigh's brother Tommy has watched the whole thing and is almost jealous that his father did give him 'the main role'. This is disgusting and is the beginning of a troubled story.

 

Once Evan has grown up, he comes across his diary, the journal that the doctors told him to write in when he has had a blackout. This was to try and help him to understand what he had been doing in his blackouts, but only go on to take him back to the past every time he reads the journal. Evan doesn't come back round like he went back to the past, for example, he comes back with no legs and arms one time. The camera is on his face and shows his expression when he realises he has no arms or legs, leaving the audience in the dark and puzzled the camera then zooms out to show us how he has came back to normal time.

Here is the trailer to what turns out to be a very mind boggling movie. Enjoy.