Ok, no, its not for kids. When i first watched it, I went into depressed mode for the whole day and part of the next day. Its chilling, sometimes obscene, and definately, definately crazy. Its not a glance at the real world, its far from it. Its not supposed to be. Its supposed to be the truth about "The Buterfly Effect". Something small happens somewhere leads to something big happening somewhere else. I think thats the main message. That, and the fact that if something's laid out for you, you just gotta take it. No point changing it, because its there. I thought it was twisted, and it can definately make you question yourself too, but overall, the movie had a good plot, and that makes it enjoyable, or if thats not the right word to use, then at least, fast paced. All I can say is respect the age rating for this movie, which is correctly focused on 15 and up. Good movie, great actors, sad ending, ok experience.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT is actually a branch of the Chaos Theory. What's the Chaos Theory...long story short, it practically says we can't predict the future. Why not? That's where THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT comes in. The Butterfly Effect states that: Because of the constant choices and every little thing we can, could, and could've done, we can't predict the future. If you breathed, "HUFF, HUFF, HUFF" WAIT!!! What if he held it? "HUFF...HUFF" Any small change can change the future in the most drastic ways. As this movie shows. This movie has good role models: "No one could possibly love anyone as much as I love you,” Evan(Ashton Kutcher) tells his true love Kayleigh(Amy Smart) sometime in the movie. And his actions largely back up the statement. He even makes the biggest sacrifice-which may also be the most heart-wrenching ending ever- in romance movie history. This movie also shows how much children need a father figure. Now, that wouldn't be much even WITHOUT the bad stuff. So imagine it WITH the bad stuff. Violence. Now, I LOVE violence not much gets me by as "brutal"(only one scene from Kick-A**-the captured, public execution scene). Not unless it's EXTREMELY intense. The scene with the dog was sick, twisted, demented and just f*cked up, pardon my French. When he hit the girl with the, what I'm guessing was a, 5"x 6" piece of wood, you hear a loud "CRACK!" I felt like I was the one who did that! The most brutal scene, though, was, I'm sad to say, my favorite violent scene. I just love comeuppances-when d-bags get whats coming to them- and I was waiting a while but when Evan started beating that guy with the titanium bat, I just loved it! Every second. I know that sounds demented and sick, but-HEY! The little twerp had it coming! He burned the dude's f-ing dog! Sexual. Nudity. Explicit sex scenes. And don't forget the whole child molestation and pedophile thing! Twisted, vile, and just plain EVIL! Like was that REALLY necessary?!?! Negative Role Models. The little evil brother is abusive, foul-mouthed, short-tempered, and just a total jerk! But it is viewed as negative. More a romance than a thriller in retrospect. The alternate ending...SUCKS NUTCRACKERS!!!!! Good movie all-in-all. I know everybody makes it seem so bad. The worst is the violence. A bunch of brutal for me, so...REALLY BAD 4 U! The nudity I hate! I have a strong moral stance against nudity! But all-in-all: breathtaking and incredible feat in motion pictures. The strangest of all? This movie is based off a children's book.

How can you say this isnt appropraite for kids?!! This is one of my favourite films in the whole wide world I watched it when I was thirteen and wasnt affected by it all. It's just such a good movie and depriving your child of seeing this would just be wrong. - appropriate for 13 and up :)

This used to be my favorite movie (Then came Cloverfield) and i have to say that i was 12 when i watched this. I didn't get the urge to go do drugs or have sex or anything. Its a movie and parents need to understand that a movie IS A MOVIE. Overall its a great movie and very original with its plot i highly recommend it.