What is The Butterfly Effect?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = The Butterfly Effect | image = | caption = | director = Eric Bress<br/>J. Mackye Gruber | producer = Anthony Rhulen<br/>Chris Bender<br/>J.C. Spink<br/>A.J. Dix | writer = Eric Bress<br/>J. Mackye Gruber | starring = [[Ashton Kutcher]]<br/>[[Amy Smart]]<br/>[[Melora Walters]]<br/>[[Elden Henson]]<br/>[[William Lee Scott]]<br/>[[John Patrick Amedori]]<br/>[[Irene Gorovaia]]<br/>[[Kevin Schmidt|Kevin G. Schmidt]]<br/>[[Jesse James (actor)|Jesse James]]<br/>[[Logan Lerman]]<br/>Sarah Widdows<br/>[[Jake Kaese]]<br/>[[Cameron Bright]]<br/>[[Eric Stoltz]]<br/>[[Callum Keith Rennie]]<br/>[[Lorena Gale]]<br/>[[Ethan Suplee]]<br/>Camille Sullivan<br/>[[Tara Wilson (actress)|Tara Wilson]]<br/>[[Jesse Hutch]] | music = Michael Suby | cinematography = Matthew F. Leonetti | editing = Peter Amundson | studio = [[New Line Cinema]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] | released = January 22, 2004 | runtime = 113 mins.<br/>120 mins. (director's cut) | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]13 [[million]] | gross = $96,060,858 }} '''''The Butterfly Effect''''' is a 2004 [[United States|American]] psychological [[thriller movie]]. It was produced by Anthony Rhulen, Chris Bender, J.C. Spink and A.J. Dix and was directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. ''The Butterfly Effect'' was released on January 22, 2004 in [[North America]]. The movie received negative reviews with a 34% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and a 30 out of 100 from [[Metacritic]]. This movie had two sequels: ''[[The Butterfly Effect 2]]'' and ''[[The Butterfly a?Effect 3: Revelations]]''. == Cast == *[[Ashton Kutcher]] as Evan Treborn *[[Amy Smart]] as Kayleigh Miller *[[Melora Walters]] as Andrea Treborn *[[Elden Henson]] as Lenny Kagan *[[William Lee Scott]] as Tommy Miller *[[Eric Stoltz]] as George Miller *[[Ethan Suplee]] as Thumper *[[John Patrick Amedori]]