Reviews of Donnie Darko 2001
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"Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?"
"Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?"For what seems like the hundredth time, a movie has broken my brain. And it feels brilliant.
Up until now, this was simply 'the creepy rabbit movie' in my mind. Of course it's still partly that, just with the phrase 'simply amazing' added to the front of it. Because, well, it just is. There's that opening, presenting a seemingly normal scene but still managing…
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A mini masterpiece.
One of the most beautiful films ever made.
If I ever have advice for anyone, it would be to never watch the Directors Cut. Half of Donnie Darko's brilliance is its weirdness and ambiguity. It should never need to be fully explained.
The other half of Donnie Darko's brilliance is that frankly unbelievable performance from Jake Gyllenhaal.
To this day, it is still one of the best films I have ever seen in the cinema. It made 2001 a great year. Despite being unemployed..
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"28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end".
After working tediously long hours in my universities interior design studio, I needed to watch a film. Having gotten a few recommendations about this film I thought I'd give it a try.
First off I will say this in my opinion is possibly Jake Gyllenhaal's best performance. He plays the roll of Donnie Darko, an extremely troubled teenager with paranoid schizophrenia. By interacting with his…
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A lot of people seem to be backing away from Donnie Darko nowadays, distancing themselves from it like it's a particularly painful memory, an unwelcome flashback to their high school days. Well, maybe so. But don't blame that on the movie. I'm not going to give it credit for profundity that it doesn't have, except that it kind of does. A mysterious puzzle of a film, but pleasingly straightforward about its oddness. Gyllenhaal, Barrymore, and Swayze doing the best work of their careers.
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If you don't like this movie, we can't be friends.
Seriously, this film is flawless. It's just brimming with life and heart and intelligence and terror. Every character is a fully conceived, real person. The use of music is better than almost any movie I can think of. The nightmare scenes are terrifying, the relationship between Donnie and Gretchen is beautiful, Frank is...
I can't think of what to write here because it's so obvious that this movie is amazing.…
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This was one of those films that after the credits have rolled by, and the movie is well and truly over, you are still sitting in silence. The film doesn't sit down and tell the viewer the answers, in fact, it doesn't really outright say anything at all, everything is up to the interpretation of the viewer. Because of this Donnie Darko is a different movie to almost everyone, though most will agree the 6 foot tall rabbit is creepy.…
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This movie is special. At its heart Kelly's film is, I think, about teenage anxiety but on top of that he throws themes of destiny and faith which he explores in very original ways (predestined paths and time travel, satirizing self-help gurus and reductive teaching practices). All is done with considerable style. The musical montages are, for instance, quite impressive. Kelly's vision is deliciously weird and overwhelmingly ambitious but, at the same time, easy to consume and very rewatchable.
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Genuinely not sure what to write, so I'll just list some adjectives that this film is. Creepy, awesome, mysterious, thrilling, emotional, likable...umm. Yeah. That kinda sums it up. I loved the dad, he was hilarious.
Plus, some of the dialogue in this is just classic, notably "I'll tell you what he said! He asked me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus!". And of course the all famous suck a fuck line.
I didn't really understand it…