Christina Reviews *The Butterfly Effect*

          What would happen if you went back in time and changed a little thing? There could be major consequences, right?  Just watch that episode of The Simpsons where Homer uses a toaster to time travel.  He didn’t have to do anything more than go back in time and squash a bug and his whole future was re-arranged.  So imagine what would happen if you changed a big thing.  And let’s say it  made your future worse, so you went back in time to change things again.  And let’s say you kept doing this over and over again, making one big mess out of everything. What would you get?

         You would get The Butterfly Effect starring Ashton Kutcher.

         You know, I actually kinda liked this movie.  It had an interesting, if not overdone, premise.   It’s fun watching Ashton Kutcher pretend like he’s acting in a movie that really matters.  And it’s one of those movies where you may get really involved in the storyline while you’re watching it, but it’s not necessarily a movie that you want to see again and again, though you may find the DVD used for $5 and feel the uncontrollable urge to snatch it up.   And then, a few months later, you end up selling it for a nickel because you’ve got too much crap in your house.  It’s that kind of movie. 

          Three stars.