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THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
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Ashton Kutcher's film does not fly like a butterfly, but it does sting like a bee.
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(At PVR Saket and other Delhi theatres)
IT HAS the raucousness of the seamier side of life, a combustible energy a shade unnerving, a shade numbing. Yet it has certain moral undertones, so uncomforting, so pertinent. This one is no nostalgia trip. Rather, it is a blast from the past that is not always welcome.
It talks of some home truths, uncomfortable weaknesses, fierce combats. And keeps us engaged with the tale of a young man visiting his past, a past that has more of an ugly underbelly than a seeming façade.
The story opens with Ashton Kutcher's Evan who has lost track of time. His past disappears into a black hole, only the vestiges remain. And they are the uneasy ones. Throughout his younger days, his shrink had asked him to maintain a register of his everyday life. However, later, it is the same scribbling that take him back in time, back to the time when there were paedophile adults, brutal companions. Every time he corrects the past, the present is affected.
Makes for a good storyline? Yes. Yet, with its fast forward, quick rewind strategy it takes its toll on the viewers, often leaving them groping if one is in the past or present. You blink once, you miss a life span! Apart from this problem of continuity, this is not the film you can watch on a leisurely weekend and pretend all is fine with the world. Evan's troubles trouble you and the world does not seem to have too much hope. This butterfly flaps its wings too often for its own good. Ashton Kutcher's film does not fly like a butterfly, but it does sting like a bee. That might be good for a chosen few, but for the masses, well, Ashton and company may have to try again.
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