Rating: R
Movie Release Date: January 23, 2004
DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
Plot 411: After living through horrible experiences during his youth, a man discovers he can travel through time to fix them.
Review: Ashton Kutcher is Evan Treborn, a guy who has lived through a lot and experiences blackouts especially when he's stressed. During therapy, he was instructed to keep journals in order to try to keep time straight in his mind. As an adult, he discovers that by reading his journals, he's able to go back to that time and keep the current knowledge he has acquired as an adult. Treborn tries to fix some bad situations that affect his childhood sweetheart Kayleigh (Amy Smart), but when he returns to the present he finds life as he knows it is changed. This movie is a mind trip and uses an idea from the chaos theory called the Butterfly Effect, which is essentially the idea that small changes that may seem insignificant will cause larger changes in the future. The notion is pretty incredible and by using it in this manner it's downright scary. The movie is pretty gruesome at some points and gritty in others. It deals with issues that make you feel uncomfortable and really pushes your ability to keep watching. Sick is an adjective that comes to mind when thinking about many of the scenes. This is probably one of the most defining roles Kutcher has played because it is so different from his usual lackadaisical characters. It's intense and gut-wrenching and proabbly one you won't soon forget.
Watch It: For a psychological thriller that'll leave your head spinning.
Skip It: Because it successfully makes you feel uncomfortable in all the right places and is not for the weak-stomached individual.
Movie Release Date: January 23, 2004
DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
Plot 411: After living through horrible experiences during his youth, a man discovers he can travel through time to fix them.
Review: Ashton Kutcher is Evan Treborn, a guy who has lived through a lot and experiences blackouts especially when he's stressed. During therapy, he was instructed to keep journals in order to try to keep time straight in his mind. As an adult, he discovers that by reading his journals, he's able to go back to that time and keep the current knowledge he has acquired as an adult. Treborn tries to fix some bad situations that affect his childhood sweetheart Kayleigh (Amy Smart), but when he returns to the present he finds life as he knows it is changed. This movie is a mind trip and uses an idea from the chaos theory called the Butterfly Effect, which is essentially the idea that small changes that may seem insignificant will cause larger changes in the future. The notion is pretty incredible and by using it in this manner it's downright scary. The movie is pretty gruesome at some points and gritty in others. It deals with issues that make you feel uncomfortable and really pushes your ability to keep watching. Sick is an adjective that comes to mind when thinking about many of the scenes. This is probably one of the most defining roles Kutcher has played because it is so different from his usual lackadaisical characters. It's intense and gut-wrenching and proabbly one you won't soon forget.
Watch It: For a psychological thriller that'll leave your head spinning.
Skip It: Because it successfully makes you feel uncomfortable in all the right places and is not for the weak-stomached individual.
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