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THE REVIEW
The Butterfly Effect
includes a variety of
characters to tell its story of
hardship, true friendship
and perhaps its most
resonating tone of sacrifice.
The Butterfly Effect has 4
alternative endings, this
review is based on the
director’s cut.
Ashton Kutcher takes on the
university-aged role of Evan
after we follow his life as a
younger child through other
actors, such as Logan
Lerman, alongside his
childhood friends Kayleigh,
Lennie and Tommy.
After following Evan’s
troubling childhood in
which he experiences
blackouts at certain key
stress-inducing events,
including for example just
before his dog was killed, we
see him at university.
Although still unsure as to
the cause of his blackouts
and still unable to
remember what happened
during them, he goes out to
celebrate 7 years without
experiencing one.
However later that night
when he comes home, the
girl he brings back finds his
childhood journals, and asks
him to read a part of it.
“It has been said that
something as small as
the flutter of a
butterfly's wing can
ultimately cause a
typhoon halfway
around the world.”
This puts the film in motion.
He realizes that by reading a
page from his old