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Although Sandler's sophomoric antics are obviously drawn from a pool of at least limited capabilities, often the viewer wonders if it is talent or just connections that get him into so many films. The formula is so thin from overuse that it's frayed edges are often the most perceptible substance. Adam, you're just not handsome enough to play Romeo in romp after romp. In this, his two Juliet's are both such shallowly perfect physical specimens as to leave the viewer wondering if the conspicuous consumerism so often the hallmark of Hollywood is not eclipsed by the shameless superficiality. Besides blonds with bursting boobs we are also treated to plastic surgery jokes, grating foreign accents of several flavors and inevitable gay bashing. Top it off with Sandler's repeated ad nauseam soul patch joke.

Great action and Father/Son drama, but other than a few "grep" and "kill" commands briefly flying by, there is not enough esoteric computer concepts to interest hard-core Tron-heads. I expected so much more with all that has been developed since 1982. They talk of a "grid" -- come on, that's power systems. Why not "cloud" as in "cloud computing". Where are the Google apps, "search" which is so ubiquitous now, firewalls, wireless, terabyte hard drives, memory sticks, streaming and connections into the multi-media world? I also found the quantum leaps in storyline a little too much to make, such as when Flynn & son simply vanquish the rouge programs without any new secret weapon or insight. And of course, the completely ridiculous feast of roast pig! WTF? Where did the food come from with "no sun" and why would a spiritual mediation practitioner be eating pork? Still there is enough there to make it worth watching.

Dude this movie rocks with great conflict comedy, social satire and the deliciously sexy Sophie Monk in one of her biggest roles yet! If you are at all enlightened/political you will love the female GW Bush character, the environmental jokes, the feminist humor amid wet tee-shirts,...

Gentlemen, don't be threatened by a chick-flick that straddles all sides of the aisle. Sit back and enjoy a drunk Rachael Dratch shouting "Do me!" as her friends haul her away. Parker Posey as the suck-up gopher who loves the environment and Amy Poehler as a wannabe "seven" girl also deliver in a big way.

Then there is the delectable Sophie Monk. Thank GOD she's getting larger roles. Girl you got it going on. Call me!

Why was it disappointing? No product placement? No Jennifer Aniston? No Pixar/CGI? Maybe you were looking for the big Hollywood ending?

Could be you missed the point of this film completely? It is SUPPOSED to be bad. That's why IFC and the other film channels are playing it. It is a study in bad B-movie horror. Plus its from Brazil and OLD. EXPECT something WAY out of the ordinary.

My synopsis would be: Mary Shelly meets Noel Langley, based on the short story by Friedrich Nietzsche.

What a refreshing break from the formulas we are force fed! I expect, as one commenter already suggested that it's even better ON WEED!

Do we have free will, or are we the toy soldiers of a deterministic universe? What is the concept of the self and how isolated from life-shaping events is it. The powerful drama and psychological thriller, The Butterfly Effect, asks these questions and in two hours delivers some pretty hefty possible answers. Despite film critics pans, this is Aston Kutcher as you've never seen him before: a wide range, subtle delivery and engrossing watchability. There are also steady contributions from the supporting cast, especially Amy Smart as the love interest and Melora Walters as the mother.

Bress and Gruber tell the story in nested, multiple-flashback/forward sequences, with clues and events of future significance scattered across the story line in an mostly cohesive package. The most gaping hole is that the hero ignores his love interest for about seven years before becoming completely devoted to her again, and this is not explored or explained as a result of some life-shaping event. There are some other round corners too, but the scope of the movie is so large and the issues it takes on so philosophically fundamental, that we can easily overlook these necessary shortcuts.

I strongly recommend obtaining the DVD version which contains the director's cut. This version delivers the unadulterated message with full impact, as opposed to the theatrical version and therein may lie the disagreement I have with the critics. The reviews were probably aimed at this watered down version.

Some fiction is so defining it redeems the role of fiction as way to explore beyond the mundane, and reminds us of the limitations of the documentary. This movie is one for your collection.

Yeah, the jokes are old and silly, yeah, there's no continuity. But I remember seeing it in a theater, that last 20 minute skit, the longest one, was gut-busting and so hilariously funny that it was worth the wait. I have never cried tears of laughter so hard before or since.

Everything else about the movie is dumb. It is hard to imagine how it was ever financed. I remember the reviews of the time putting it down and calling it a big dirty joke in the poorest taste. Well, yes, every sketch is an unoriginal 5th grade toilet joke. Everyone, except the last. That is a 6th grade toilet joke. But the joke is acted out and drawn out and actually something comparable to a vignette from Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex", only way funnier, if you can imagine that.