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Movie Overview
Cast
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Jena Malone
• Drew Barrymore
Director
• Richard Kelly
MPAA Rating
R - language, some drug use, and violence
Donnie Darko (2001)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 97% Fresh
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"Gustará mucho a seguidores de Lynch, a amantes del fantástico, y a quienes se atrevan a experimentar..."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

3.5/4
"Puts the comparable American Beauty to shame."  Film Freak Central  Bill Chambers

"The film never fully explains Donnie's darkness, but that's exactly right."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

B+
"The film was weird, but I mean that as a compliment."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

4/4
"As fascinatingly complex and brazenly original as any movie released this year...a breakthrough masterpiece."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

4/4
"An apocalyptic sweat chamber nervously situated between complacency and heartbreaking could-have-been hopefulness."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

C-
"A mish-mash of disparate, non-cohesive ideas, the sort of film that thinks it's brilliant just because no one understands it."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

A-
"An audacious, astonishingly confident debut feature...a haunting, deeply personal and wonderfully experimental collage of genres and themes."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"Recommended for the adventuresome moviegoer who has a high tolerance for mystery."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"Despite its flaws, this is a compelling motion picture, and offers the kind of 'fresh' experience extended by the likes of Pi and The Sticky Fingers of Time."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"an existentialist parable wrapped up in a darkly humorous teen fantasy and suburban satire"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4/4
"This movie disappeared without a trace at the American box office in October last year, which is a shame."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

4/5
"Twisty, disturbing mix of John Hughes and James Cameron is an unsettling meditation on fate -- and the debut of a major talent."  Netflix  James Rocchi

10/10
"No other movie I've seen has been able to capture that late '80's feel with such accuracy; as a result, Donnie Darko affects me like few other movies can."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

B+
"There was no easy logline for Donnie Darko. That’s probably why it was doomed to become one of 2001’s best movies no one heard of."  Matinee Magazine  Jeremiah Kipp

3/4
"Clearly, Richard Kelly is a director to watch."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

7/10
"One fee-yucked up movie."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

7/10
"In its abstract, often ephemeral themes and images, it’s a film that will probably not find favor with everyone, but..."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

8/10
"If you believe Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Anya, there's something very malevolent about bunnies."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

A
"It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before, and it sets a great tone that takes you places you've never been before."  Countingdown.com  Larry Carroll

3.5/5
"Gets off to a shaky start but gradually pulls together into a genuinely haunting parable of teenage alienation."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

3.5/4
"An honest, humorous, bittersweet, disturbing look at the confusion of adolescence."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"Donnie Darko is, in fact, what Ferris Bueller’s Day Off might have been if David Lynch had ever gotten his hands on it, a daring, disturbing, visionary debut from 26-year-old writer/director Richard Kelly."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3.5/4
"Creepy, funny, poignant, and stunningly imaginative and original."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

4/5
"If the film fails on some levels, I would rather watch a film that shoots for the moon and falls short than a film that is happy being average."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

4/5
"n unusually artful teen thriller, this film has a terrific combination of both light and dark touches from start to finish."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

5/5
"The drowsy surrealism and elaborate inconclusiveness of Donnie Darko will simultaneously guarantee it a rabid cult and put it way off limits to the don't-get-its."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

3/4
"It is fascinating, lyrical filmmaking and it demands multiple viewings to wring the most out of it."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

"A faithfully rendered head trip."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor

Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 97% Fresh
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