prison,mind control,child abuse,amnesia,chaos theory,blackout,trauma,diary,time travel,flashback,bully,love,memory loss,psychiatrist,therapy,childhood

The Butterfly Effect (2004)

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Change one thing. Change everything.

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
J. Mackye Gruber
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    Evan Treborn Ashton Kutcher
  • Profile picture of Amy Smart
    Kayleigh Miller Amy Smart
  • Profile picture of Melora Walters
    Andrea Treborn Melora Walters
  • Profile picture of Elden Henson
    Lenny Kagan Elden Henson
  • Profile picture of William Lee Scott
    Tommy Miller William Lee Scott
  • Profile picture of Eric Stoltz
    George Miller Eric Stoltz
  • Profile picture of Ethan Suplee
    Thumper Ethan Suplee
  • Profile picture of Logan Lerman
    Evan Treborn age 7 Logan Lerman

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Keywords

  • prison
  • mind control
  • child abuse
  • amnesia
  • chaos theory
  • blackout
  • trauma
  • diary
  • time travel
  • flashback
  • bully
  • love
  • memory loss
  • psychiatrist
  • therapy
  • childhood