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The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

2004 · Movie · 1h 53m · R

The highest scoring of the three Butterfly Effect films, ahead of The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (55).

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.6/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes34%21%
Metacritic30/10021%
TMDB7.6/108,651 votes16%
Balasaur Score58100%

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