Analysis of a Thriller-Butterfly Effect

Butterfly Effect

The butterfly effect is a psychological thriller. The film is classed a thriller because is keeps the audience on the edge of their seats and creates mystery throughout.

The film starts of with a innocent kid called Evan, that suffers from usual blackouts. The blackouts creates mystery as the audience does not see what happens during it, they only see after it happens. Evan goes a sees a mental doctor, the doctor tells him to keeps a journal so that later on he can try and recall what happened. As more blackouts happen, it lets the audience piece together what thought happened. the first blackout is of Evan and Kayleigh in a basement with Kayleighs abusive father. The second blackout is of a teenage Evan pulling a prank with his friends Kayleigh, Tommy and Lenny. The prank starts off with putting a explosive piece of dynamite, in a letter box. Then it blackouts. The third blackout is set in the local cinema, with Tommy, Kayleigh and Evan. As the teenage couple Evan and Kayleigh, have their first kiss, which is romantic as any teenage first kiss. Tommy interrupted and saw his best friend, kissing his sister and goes into a frenzy, beating up the guy next to him. By this time you can see Tommy turning into a abusive and physical character. As the blackouts continue into his later stage in his life, he works out a way to relive his past blackouts. The audience starts to get a view of what actually happened during the blackouts, and sees how Evan tries to change them. However changing the blackouts creates  a different that he comes back to. Every time he comes back after a blackout something else changes for the worse. By the end of the film Evans blackout keeping on changing the future and always one of his friends and family are in the worse. Evan finally finds out that he has too never meet Kayleigh in the first place, so that none of the specific actions takes place.


I think the Butterfly Effect falls under the genre Thriller because of things like characters and the mood of the film, also what doesn't it make it a Thriller for example setting and costumes. The Butterfly Effect is a Thriller because of the Character, the main character is Evan, someone who is mentally unstable and has no control over his life until he figures it out. Also the fact that you don't truly know the character as image and personality changes throughout the film. The Mood of the film is tense and has a Enigma Code, which is "what happens during Evan blackout?". The film is Restricted, we only know what the character knows which creates tension because, we came only imagine what actually happens.
The Setting of the film lets it down a bit because i think if the film was naturally a lot darker it would create mystery and suspension. 


 I think that the butterfly effect is a great and suspense filled Thriller because in the eyes of the audience, you are Restricted , when he relives the blackout. Thats why is is a great psychological Thriller. My rating for The Butterfly Effect as a Thriller would be 3.5/5