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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)
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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
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William Wolf
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