![]() Simple self-protection might be one possible explanation, given that his repressed memories include, as the film reveals in a spiraling series of flashbacks, being nearly strangled to death as an eight-year-old by his criminally insane father being forced to participate in a child pornography video directed by the abusive father (Eric Stoltz) of the little girl, Kayleigh, he has a crush on watching as a young woman and her baby are blown to bits in a practical joke gone wrong and watching as the neighborhood bully, Tommy (who also happens to be Kayleigh's brother), ties Evan's beloved terrier up in a canvas bag and sets it on fire. Majoring in psychology (he keeps a rat maze in his dorm room), he hopes to discover the reason behind the mysterious black holes in his mind. ![]() Kutcher's character, Evan Treborn, is an earnest college student whose life has been marked by a series of blackouts surrounding traumatic events. Starring Ashton Kutcher, the shaggy-haired young actor best known for Dude, Where's My Car? and for dating Demi Moore, Butterfly is a supposed thriller that mines the memory loss theme that has been turning up with striking regularity in American movies, from Memento to Paycheck. Even by the lax standards of January film releases - this month is the traditional dumping time for studio films that didn't quite work out - The Butterfly Effect is staggeringly bad. ![]()
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