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The poster features a dramatic close-up of two characters, one with a concerned expression and the other with a stern gaze, set against a dark, moody background. The cool blue tones and shadowy atmosphere evoke a sense of mystery and tension, suggesting a thriller or drama with emotional depth.

The Butterfly Effect

Change one thing. Change everything.

2004 · Movie · 113 min· Updated Apr 2026
⭐7.6
🤢34%
🍿81%
30
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🌐English
Budget:$13MBox Office:$97MRated:R

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A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

The Butterfly Effect is a film that explores themes of prison, mind control, child abuse. It also touches on amnesia and sacrifice and chaos theory.

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Directors

J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress

Cast

Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee, Logan Lerman, John Patrick Amedori, Irina Gorovaia

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The poster features a dramatic close-up of two characters, one with a concerned expression and the other with a stern gaze, set against a dark, moody background. The cool blue tones and shadowy atmosphere evoke a sense of mystery and tension, suggesting a thriller or drama with emotional depth.

The Butterfly Effect

Change one thing. Change everything.

2004•⭐ 7.6•113 min•Updated Apr 2026
🌐English
Budget:$13MBox Office:$97MRated:R
⭐

IMDb

7.6/10

🤢

RT Critics

34%

🍿

RT Audience

81%

30

Metacritic

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

The Butterfly Effect is a film that explores themes of prison, mind control, child abuse. It also touches on amnesia and sacrifice and chaos theory.

Directors

J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress

Cast

Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee, Logan Lerman, John Patrick Amedori, Irina Gorovaia

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