Chaos Theory is a 2008 dramedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Emily Mortimer, and Stuart Townsend. The film follows Frank Allen, a professional speaker and theorist who suffers a stream of bad luck: His wife Susan changes the clocks in their home, helps a pregnant woman which causes his wife to think he cheated on her, and then he finds out he was never able to make babies in the first place.
The film provides examples of the following:
- Despair Event Horizon: Frank upon finding out he's sterile.
- Manslaughter Provocation: Frank attempts to commit murder, but this is mistaken for a suicide attempt.
- Mistaken for Cheating: When Susan finds out that Frank helped a pregnant woman, she believes he cheated on her with that woman.
- Obsessively Organized: Frank has a habit of scheduling his life.
- Your Son All Along: Frank finds out at some point that Jesse isn't his daughter and that he's unable to have children.
