Nobody explores multiple different philosophies, which resonate with the audience long after the film has ended. A major idea present is nihilism, the philosophy of extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence. This often includes the belief that life has no meaning. The viewer is torn between the nihilistic suggestion that what we choose doesn’t matter and the more friendly proposition that different paths lead to different types of happiness. The butterfly effect, another major concept explored in the film, is the idea that a small and outwardly inconsequential event can have a much larger effect. This is illustrated numerous times, once when a homeless woman’s death allows Nemo to reunite with the love of his life, another when an unemployed Brazilian man boils an egg which creates the condensation that causes a rainstorm halfway across the world and smears a handwritten phone
Nobody explores multiple different philosophies, which resonate with the audience long after the film has ended. A major idea present is nihilism, the philosophy of extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence. This often includes the belief that life has no meaning. The viewer is torn between the nihilistic suggestion that what we choose doesn’t matter and the more friendly proposition that different paths lead to different types of happiness. The butterfly effect, another major concept explored in the film, is the idea that a small and outwardly inconsequential event can have a much larger effect. This is illustrated numerous times, once when a homeless woman’s death allows Nemo to reunite with the love of his life, another when an unemployed Brazilian man boils an egg which creates the condensation that causes a rainstorm halfway across the world and smears a handwritten phone