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Review by MvMMDI
Added: June 05, 2004
Donnie Darko is a troubled kid, whose parents have been sending him to a psychologist and doping him up on medication to try to work out his problems. It's not really working out very well, as Donnie is becoming more and more crazy, or so it seems. He starts seeing a giant, evil-looking rabbit that tells him that the world is going to end in twenty-eight days. The next morning, Donnie wakes up in the middle of a golf course, which would lead him to believe that he had been sleepwalking; however, upon returning to his house, he sees that a jet engine has crashed through the roof of his house, and straight through his room... had he been in there, he'd have been killed. The rabbit keeps appearing to him, telling him to do various things, and Donnie obliges to each command, no matter how outrageous or dangerous they may be. As time goes on, Donnie learns that this rabbit is from the future, and has traveled back in time to warn him of things, and try to get him to change the path things are headed down.
This was definitely an interesting film here, and it was also a very original take on the time-travel theme of movies. The whole idea of a rabbit coming from the future sounded a bit odd to me upon previewing this movie, and actually sounded quite a bit lame; however, all is explained in the end, and things actually come out making sense. Don't do as I did and put off watching this for three years due to that blasted rabbit, because it's actually a very good film.
But if you do intend to watch it, make sure you work it into your schedule on an evening where you can kick back and watch it straight through without interruption, as the storyline is quite complex and requires your full attention in order for you to grasp what's going on. The movie deals with time-travel, as I mentioned, and they don't do it in the typical Hollywood fashion of jumping through a portal and landing years in the past or future; no sir, it's quite a bit more complex than that here. The methods of time-travel here are actually very similar to real-life theories on how it could work, and due to that, it comes out much more entertaining and interesting than say, "Back To The Future" or any other similar films.
The ending was also a good one. I won't ruin any of it, as it really has to be seen to be understood; however, it definitely worked out nicely. Things aren't spelled out for you, the viewer, as most movies tend to do; nope, it shows what happens, and leaves it up to you to figure out what exactly happened. Now, this isn't saying that the ending isn't clear on what happens; you do get the gist of what happened, but it's the details that they leave to your imagination. After finishing my viewing of this film, there was at least three possibilities that popped into my head of what exactly happened, and neither was clearly right or wrong... it's all up to your interpretation of how things ended up working out, and for that, I applaud the writer of this script.
The acting was superb throughout, even by Patrick Swayze (as a motivational speaker). Normally, I can't stand the mans work, but he did nicely in his small role. Jake Gyllenhaal, the teen heart-throb that he is, even managed to pull out a surprise out of your faithless reviewer, as he was perfect in his role as Donnie. The rest of the cast had pretty minor parts in the movie, but nobody was really bad or draining in their characters or scenes. The soundtrack, however, is another story. I think whomever put together the score on this movie really screwed things up. I'm not talking about that ungodly-bad Gary Jules song, because no matter how much I hated it, it did fit in with the movie. I'm actually referring to the rest of the music used throughout the movie... most of the musical content seemed very out of place in the scenes that they were used in, as though they clearly didn't belong there. In a couple of scenes in particular, the music would kill any sort of mood that had been built, which definitely wasn't a good thing.
Overall though, one small blemish on my enjoyment of the film. I'd definitely still recommend that you, the reader, check this movie out if you haven't already. I can definitely see how it got its cult following, as it's definitely a stand-out film. 9/10.
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