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The Butterfly Effect
Ok, first, the short version. It's good!
Next, the confusing version. It's a 2 hour movie, that feels like a 3 hour movie that's really interesting the whole way through.
Finally, the full version. This movie plays with that notion that everybody has... "If I could go back in time and change that one thing... things would be way different." So, Ashton Kutcher's character has a fucked up childhood. When he's a college student, he finds a way to go back in his memories and change the way things happened. This instantly changes his current reality to the alternate world in which things REALLY happened the way they did when he 're-did' his memory.
It's cool to see something like this in the movies. I personally haven't seen any movies like this besides Run Lola Run. I say it felt like 3 hours because when you're expecting some parts to be quick flashbacks, they end up being whole chapters in the movie.. it's never what you expect it to be. Regardless of how long it feels, it's a fast paced story that offers something new at every turn. I seriously cannot understand why it was bashed by the critics.
Good premise. Good execution. Worth the $7 bucks that I didn't pay for.
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