Reception
Critical reception was generally poor. Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer called it a "metaphysical mess", criticizing the film's science fiction mechanics for being "fuzzy at best and just plain sloppy the rest of the time". Mike Clark of USA Today also gave the film a negative review, stating, "Normally, such a premise comes off as either intriguing or silly, but the morbid subplots (there's prison sex, too) prevent Effect from becoming the unintentional howler it might otherwise be." Additionally, Ty Burr of The Boston Globe went as far as saying, "whatever train-wreck pleasures you might locate here are spoiled by the vile acts the characters commit."
According to the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, The Butterfly Effect garnered mixed to average reviews, with the film receiving a 32% rating — classifying it as "Rotten". On Metacritic, it has a score of 30 (generally negative reviews) out of 100.
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