Donnie Darko | | Cast : | Jake Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Jena Malone | | Director : | Richard Kelly (II) | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | February 04, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | One Of The Best Films I've Watched This Year | Content
 | This movie kept me till the end with endless curiosity and wonder and I can tell others were too for it seems this movie provoked a strong following. It is worth its fans though it is a very good and fascinating film with truly, as they say behind the scenes, a universal meaning. The whole plot though is something so amazing but mind- boggling that you just feel you need to talk to your friends or your parents about it right away after you watch it. This movie raised so many questions honestly and probably made a lot of people expand their thoughts just a little more for a little while about possibility and how limitless it truly is.
Why this movie is not five stars readers may wonder? The ending itself, though understandable and satisfying, may not be easily understood the first time you watch it. I know it didn't for me. I was a bit confused the first time I watched the ending, so it was lucky for me that I waited until it came out on DVD so I could go back to the ending once or twice and put the pieces together more slowly. Yet it only takes once or twice glance at the ending again to get it. The point is though the ending isn't exactly a sure thing for most when they watch it for the first time, so I guess that is why they lose one star. After looking back once or twice though in the last few moments of the film, it all eventually comes together into again like I said a satisfying and good ending.
Overall I liked this movie a lot, and I do think this year it is one of the best films I have seen. I'm glad I took a chance on it. I'm just terribly afraid of rabbits now... I don't want to explain too much of the film because it is just so exciting and also creepy, so I'll just leave you with an exciting mystery.
Oh yes and watch the second disc if you can on Donnie Darko and watch the ultimate number one fan guy. He is very obsessed with this movie; it's so funny! And watching Jake G. dance behind the scenes? Priceless. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | This is remarkable | Content
| This is remarkable. Richard Kelly (II) has done something quite unique here. It will stay with you afterwards; figuring out exactly how the plot holds together is not the easiest thing in the world either. Why should it be?
Have you ever slept in your bed when suddenly an engine from an airplane crashes through the roof? Have you been inclined to time travel, or to talk through things with some rabbit? Like James Stewart. Have you been frustrated in school, or with how things work out in general? The portrait Jake Gyllenhaal does here is extremely suited for the plot, exact and without ever over-playing his character. He becomes Donnie Darko. Mary McDonnell does the mother, as usual she's very reflective and precise as an actress. She's a success in her troublesome role. Many other roles are equally fascinating - Drew Barrymore, among others. Every character in this movie has something amazing going for them, and they certainly melt together beautifully in the overall context.
It's also 113 minutes full of surprises. You will not be able to even guess or have a clue what will happen in the next scene, in the next development... The whole plot will keep you on edge. Enough said. See it! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | Its a Wonderful Life in reverse | Content
| I was struck by the reverse similarity with "It's a Wonderful Life". With Jimmy Stewart we have an angel helping him see what his community would have been like without him and this convinces him that it is a wonderful life thus saving him from suicide. With Donnie Darko we have the opposite scenario. Donnie uses quantum physics through the aid of his science teacher and a street wandering centenarian who has written the book on time travel. This enables him to see why everyone will be better off without him and he saves them from himself by using the portal to wipe away his life and the subsequent destruction it causes. The special effects and relationships are certainly different. The family argument at the dinner table is different. But especially different is the moral implication that life for everyone else would be better without Donnie. What a paradigm shift this is. Do our depressed kids need this kind of suggestion? |
| Rating | | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | This is funny... | Content
| ...cuz it was a gift for someone. I've never seen it myself...soooo...I can't tell you if it's good or not. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is good tho....U should hurry up and go catch it in theaters! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | Donnie Darko | Content
| My teenage children and I love this movie. It is a "family favorite." The story, the music, and the cast are superb. It twists normal day-to-day life together with unexplainable phenomenon. Is Donnie Darko crazy? Or is this really happening to him? |
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