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April 1st, 2008 by
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Disturbed adolescent Donnie Darko has a new friend, Frank. When he’s sleepwalking, Frank instructs him to do violent acts, like crashing the water piping of his school. Donnie is not sure why Frank makes him do things like this. And why wasn’t he there when a jet engine crashed into his room? Then Frank tells him the world will end in 28 days. | ||||||||
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What an amazing first feature for director Richard Kelly! The light went a bit dark after that. Until 'Southland Tales' last year, which wasn't exactly the follow-up of Donnie Darko we might have expected. But in his defense, it's hard to top such a great movie on your second try.
From the minute you start watching Donnie, you become amazingly intrigued by what's happening. But while some movies like this might lose you in a minute, Donnie Darko keeps you in that place until the second it ends. All of it seems like a work of passion. Not only the writing, but also the direction and the musical score. It is one of those movies you can watch again and again every year. Or every week if you are a multiple serial movie watcher. This is probably why it got such a big following after the movie came out on DVD. You can focus on the philosophical story, the love story, the scientific story, the psychological story. Well, you get where I'm going. It just has a couple of more layers than your average popcorn movie. There are those movie that make you think. The ones you like to ponder about after the movie. This is definitely one of them. As Gretchen asks Donnie Darko about his name, "It's like some sort of superhero or something." Donnie says, "What makes you think I'm not?" | ||||||||
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