The Butterfly Effect 2

The Butterfly Effect 2

Can you change your past without destroying your future?

Directed by John R. Leonetti

Produced by BenderSpink, New Line Cinema

200692 min5.0 / 10

A dark, melancholic time-travel thriller about grief and the dangerous consequences of trying to undo tragedy.

After his girlfriend, Julie, and two best friends are killed in a tragic auto accident, Nick struggles to cope with his loss and grief. Suffering from migraine-like seizures, Nick soon discovers that he has the power to change the past via his memories. However, his time-traveling attempts to alter the past and save his one true love have unexpected and dire consequences.

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Questions people ask

  • Is The Butterfly Effect 2 sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Butterfly Effect 2 easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Butterfly Effect 2 scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does The Butterfly Effect 2 end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Butterfly Effect 2 violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity80

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like The Butterfly Effect 2, and what each one shares →

Like The Butterfly Effect 2

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Butterfly Effect 2

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Butterfly Effect 2, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Butterfly Effect 2, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Butterfly Effect 2, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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