The Butterfly Effect
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
The Butterfly Effect is a bleak time-travel thriller focused on cause, consequence, and trauma. It contains essentially no identity messaging, preachiness, or political agenda — it's a clean entry on every axis. Any controversy around the film concerns its dark tone and alternate endings, not progressive content.
What the AI Flagged
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0Original story with no established characters to swap.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
5Male protagonist drives the narrative; no anti-male messaging.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
3No LGBTQ+ themes or characters present.
DEI Casting
5Conventional ensemble cast with no diversity-as-checkbox framing.
Preachiness
5A dark sci-fi thriller about consequences and free will, not a political sermon.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
5No framing of masculinity or the West as inherently toxic.
Source Betrayal
0Original screenplay with no source material to betray.
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Cast & Crew
Ashton Kutcher
Evan Treborn
Amy Smart
Kayleigh Miller
Melora Walters
Andrea Treborn
Elden Henson
Lenny Kagan
William Lee Scott
Tommy Miller
Eric Stoltz
George Miller
Ethan Suplee
Thumper
Logan Lerman
Evan Treborn age 7
John Patrick Amedori
Evan Treborn age 13
Irina Gorovaia
Kayleigh age 13
Richard Brener (Executive Producer) · Cale Boyter (Executive Producer) · Eric Bress (Director) · J. Mackye Gruber (Director)
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