AT THE MOVIES WITH KASEY BUTCHER
Many people have moments in their lives that they’d like to go back and relive or change. The only problem is that by changing one event in our lives, we would change the entire course of our life and ultimately who we are.
This is the premise of The Butterfly Effect starring Ashton Kutcher (That 70’s Show). In the movie, Kutcher plays Evan, a young man with a disturbed past plagued with blackouts during stressful moments. When Evan goes off to college and starts to remember the times he blacked out as a child, he decides to go back in time and redo traumatic events. Every time he tries to make things better, however, life ends up much worse for someone he cares about. Evan has to decide whether to accept his past the way he has altered it or to keep changing his life until he gets it just right.
The Butterfly Effect puts forth a valiant effort and includes some interesting subject matter, but fails to satisfy in the end. I enjoyed the psychological aspect of the movie. It made for some thought provoking moments. I also liked that it was based on the chaos theory (a butterfly flapping its wings in Waynedale today can cause a tornado in Japan next Wednesday). Overall, however, these good ideas were the victims of a poorly developed script. The movie, which explores what happens each time one moment in Evan’s past is changed, seemed repetitive. I ended up feeling frustrated, praying that it would end.
The acting wasn’t very good either, but I don’t blame the actors. Kutcher showed a lot of potential as a serious actor, but his role was basically comprised of convulsing. That doesn’t allow much range or depth of performance. Amy Smart (Win a Date with Tad Hamilton), who plays Kutcher’s love interest, was the best, as her character underwent the most change. Each time Evan changed something, her character pulled a complete 180. This gave Smart the opportunity to play several different characters within one role and she pulled it off decently.
On top of a poor script and mediocre acting, this movie includes too much violence, over use of vulgar language, and meaningless sex. The combo makes it the worst movie I’ve seen all year.
(Luckily, I also saw Along Came Polly starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston and the horridness of The Butterfly Effect was laughed off. While this movie isn’t a work of comedic brilliance, it is pretty funny, especially for those who enjoy “potty humor.” I’d recommend it for going out with friends or on a date. Just be prepared to be grossed out once or twice.)
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