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Donnie Darko

2001 Directed by Richard Kelly

You can never go too far

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Jake Gyllenhaal Jena Malone Patrick Swayze Maggie Gyllenhaal Drew Barrymore Beth Grant Holmes Osborne Daveigh Chase Mary McDonnell James Duval Arthur Taxier Katharine Ross Patience Cleveland David St. James Jazzie Mahannah Jolene Purdy David Moreland Noah Wyle Kristina Malota Marina Malota Scotty Leavenworth Phyllis Lyons Gary Lundy Alex Greenwald Stuart Stone Joan Blair Seth Rogen Mark Hoffman Jerry Trainor Show All…

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Review by Katie ★★★★★ 13

that scene where donnie tells ms. farmer to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into her anus is why Jake Gyllenhaal is the greatest actor of all time.
Review by Grooveman ★★★★★ 7

"Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."
Review by brat pitt ★★★★★ 10

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

yo donnie darko he was just 16 when he found a very strange book to read
it was all about a realm unseen
(he's gonna save the world cause he's donnie darko)
when a bunny named frank showed up to assist
donnie darko decided to follow it
there was a great big crash and everything changed
his mental health got all rearranged
when he first woke up he realized
that frank the bunny had saved his life
he could see people's fates, futures, & time
he was much more emo than the other guys
it was then donnie knew what he had to do
he had to let the jet engine fall through his roof
he's here to die for me and you
he's gonna save the world cause he's donnie darko
gonna save the world cause he's donnie darko
gonna save the world cause he's *whispers* donnie darko
Review by Katie ★★★★★ 6

the most unrealistic thing about this movie is that no one but two people would show up for an evil dead screening on halloween??? sounds REALLY fake but okay
Review by Andy Summers ★★★★★ 35

When it's your birthday you get your favorite supper, your favorite tipple, birthday sex and the pick of what to watch on the television. For me it was a lovely birthday and of course the movie of choice was my all time favorite "Donnie Darko".
I saw this for the first time back in 2002 and couldn't get it out of my head for weeks. It had an unusual effect on me. I've seen thousands of films, but rarely has one lingered quite so much on my conscience. Without doubt a "cult film", this had so many different theories as to what it was really all about, it would make your head spin.In truth I became a little obsessed. I…
Review by Lucy ★★★★★ 7

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

“so what do i tell the other kids when they ask about you?”

“tell them that everything is gonna be just fine”

donnie darko is still maybe the most brilliant movie i’ve yet to see in my lifetime. on the surface it can be cold and achingly confusing, weaving a plot that hardly leaves dots to even connect. but peeling back it’s layers, reading lengthy articles, rewatching it again and again and again, it proves to be a sickly sweet treasure for the right people who view it at the right time and feel the right way about it

there are so many ways to interpret it and so many things to take away from it. a dark high school…

Recent reviews

Review by fernando andrés ★★★★

a soft 4 but this is still really good, whatever. the performances are all great and Kelly knows how the fuck to move his camera. the overall mystery and general plot feel like a chore but it’s all very strangely moving by the end. so many great sequences too.

(Theatrical Cut)
Review by aliobermayer ★★

Why do people like this movie
Review by slothgirl ★★★★★

DONNIE IS MY DREAM BOYFRIEND
Review by Adécio 🍁 ★★★★

Eu sabia que ia ser uma viagem sem volta.

Ou eu iria amar. Ou odiar.

Sim, eu amei.

Não tanto quanto a maioria das pessoas.

Mas não há o que negar.

Minha mente explodiu.
Review by k0 ★★★★

left me feeling heavier but I like the movie a lot. If u like time travel, sad boys, 80s, and dark imagery this is the movie for you
Review by renaissancetiti ★★★★★

this shit is bomb as FUCK jake gyllenhaal is amazing nd i love him
Review by Mike Lawson ★★★½

I hadn't seen this movie since I was in my early 20s. I remember really liking it then, but I was hesitant to revisit it because I also liked some really shitty movies that I thought were equally "mind-blowing" back then (see: The Jacket). But I thought big chunks of this held up really well. It's really not one of Gyllenhaal's better performances, but it's still very watchable.
Review by Cryptic ★★★★★

Donnie darko is my single favourite movie of all time.
The way Richard Kelly made this movie was so unique and original that no film to date has been able to capture the magic and wonder of this movie.
After some brief research I have worked out the end and it has blown me away the way the Kelly managed to create this ending with such a mysterious and bleak tone.
Overall Donnie Darko is my favourite movie because of how rewatchable and amazing this movie truly is.
Cryptic
Review by Dillon H. (007FilmReviwer) ★★★★★ 1

Director's Cut: A+

"The search for God is absurd?"

"It is if everyone dies alone."

"Does that scare you?"

"I don't want to be alone."

Questions reality from the beautiful, terrifying routes of its incredibly complicated nightmare and clings to all different sorts of soaring auras and tones until one may find themselves doing the exact same thing. What is perhaps the most stunning quality about Donnie Darko's prompt containment of comfort and the absurd lies in its endless combinations of lingering environments between everything occupying the same importance. Mainly for those who witness, the "dreams" are always a dark secret away from beauty and tragedy. Heroic. Evocative. Potent. As if the best dreams are the ones where you die.…