Movie

The Butterfly Effect

2004 · 113 min

A dark, twisty ride through trauma and regret, asking you to track shifting timelines and sit with the weight of every choice.

Tagline: Change one thing. Change everything.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Fate, trauma, guilt, memory
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: fate
trauma
guilt
memory
redemption
Places: small town
big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong