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…

Alternative Titles

Дони Дарко, 도니 다코, Donnie Darko (Director's Cut), Donnie Darko DC

mystery fantasy drama

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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 brat pitt ★★★★★ 15

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 Lucy ★★★★★ 11

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…
Review by katie ★★★★★ 10

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 natasha ★★★★★

me: this is a masterpiece
also me: has to google "what is donnie darko about"
Review by Jyn ★★★★ 2

me at a party: ok ill have one drink...
me after said drink: first of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village. But the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario - It just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. What's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?

Recent reviews

Review by Marquise! ★★★★½

Gretchen - Donnie Darko, the hell kinda name is that it sounds like a superhero or something.
Donnie - What makes you think I'm not?
Gretchen - You're weird
Donnie - Sorry
Gretchen - No, that was a compliment.
WOW = MIND BLOWN
Review by áine ★★★★

I fucking love this plot wow I’m in awe
Review by bowgarcia ★★★★★

This will absolutely always be one of my favourite films, the acting, the atmosphere the use of foreshadowing - each time you watch it again you find something new and it gives you that amazing feeling!
Love the pacing of the film, coming full circle at the end oh I just love it !
Review by Gregory Wood ★★★★★

One of my all time favorites
Review by Ivand ★★★★★

Oh my god, I have seen Bonanza.
Review by El Patrón ★★★★

ريتشارد كان يحاول بكل جهد أن يظهر بفيلم عميق، لكن من وجهة نظري الفيلم كان بعيد عن ذلك. ليس سيء لكن يفتقر للمسة الإبداعية اللي تخليك تكون مذهول بعد نهاية فيلم من هذا النوع. أحد الجوانب اللي ما عجبتني هو سرد الأحداث .. ليس من المنطقي أن تأتي بكومة أحداث و ترميها هكذا!!
طريقة طرح فصول الكتاب فالنسخة الممدة كانت مزعجة بشكل كبيرة بسبب قلةِ الوقت ما إن يظهر الفصل من الكتاب إلا أن يختفي بعد بضعة ثواني ذكرني بلارس فون من هالناحية
بالمجمل لم يكن بذلك السوء، ريتشارد يستاهل الثناء بسبب الظروف اللي مر فيها اخراجه للفيلم و إصراره على إخراجه بنفسه ليستمتع الناس به من منظوره.
. لو كان لي الخيار لأردت أن يكون على هيئة كتاب .
Review by Das 🍎 ★★★★★

Sorry fellas... this review will be in german... just because it is so difficult for me to talk about this movie in german and even more difficult in english! I might add a translated version at some point :)
Wo soll ich anfangen? Dieser Film ist meiner Meinung nach ein absolutes Meisterwerk welches so scheint als ob es für Menschen wie mich geradezu gemacht geworden zu sein... von dem düsteren Unterton, der spitzen Schauspielern bis hin zu der unglaublich faszinierenden Geschichte über welche ich mir schon mehrere Stunden den Kopf zerbrochen habe... dieser Film ist nicht nur mein Lieblingsfilm... nein er hat es auch als erster und bis Dato einziger Film geschafft mich physisch zu betäuben. Als ich den Film…
Review by Liam Fitzgibbon ★★★★★

(Theatrical Cut)
“Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.“
Review by Aktermine ★★★★½

Nicht umsonst ein Geheimtipp. Mindfuck Film der Spitzenklasse.