5.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.4
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes are philosophical and psychological, exploring the profound, often negative, consequences of altering the past and the nature of free will versus determinism, rather than promoting any specific political ideology.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast, and its narrative does not engage with or critique traditional identities. The story focuses on personal choices and their consequences without incorporating explicit diversity, equity, or inclusion themes.
Secondary
The Butterfly Effect does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on time travel, trauma, and the consequences of altering the past, without incorporating any elements related to LGBTQ+ identity or experiences.
The Butterfly Effect does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The plot centers on a protagonist's ability to change his past to alter his present, exploring themes of memory, fate, and the consequences of intervention.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Butterfly Effect (2004) is an original screenplay. All characters were created for this film and did not exist in prior source material, previous installments, or real-world history with a different established gender.
The Butterfly Effect (2004) is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations. Therefore, its characters do not have pre-established racial identities that could be altered, meaning no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
7.6
Critic Ratings
3.4
3.0
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