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The film...asks the question: what if the universe as we live it, not just as we theorize it, really isn't as we imagine it? In making the mundane as bottomless as the cosmic, Donnie Darko has the guts to remain a riddle itself.

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08/04/07

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.

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07/30/07

A

The directors cut of Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly was screened at the Venice Film Festivals a couple of years ago, a film I missed for sure when it was released in 2001 and one of those pearls like Blade Runner that just is haunting screening after scree

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07/22/07

N/A

Kelly captures, better than any film in recent memory other than Election, what it feels like to be in high school.

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03/30/07

4/5

In its metaphysical concerns with the inner workings of the universe, and challenging notions about personal and social responsibility, the film aims much higher than most American youth pictures.

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06/13/06

N/A

Donnie Darko's flaws, though, are those of a young, talented filmmaker reaching beyond his current grasp. That's a more forgivable sin than soulless excess or hubris-fueled incompetence.

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04/06/06

2/5

You either love it or hate it. For those who loved it, I have only one word: overrated.c

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12/06/05

N/A

A faithfully rendered head trip.

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02/15/05

A-

One of the most remarkable films of 2001, and it deserves a much larger audience than it has so far gained.

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01/15/05

5/5

Donnie Darko ranks among Gattaca, Pi and Dark City for pure imagination -- and surpasses them for astonishing execution.

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07/30/04

N/A

The original was a movie for all those castaways who believe in unexplained phenomenon; the new version reads like a handbook on how to pick up women.

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07/26/04

N/A

The big screen, in any shape or form, is the ideal way to experience Donnie Darko, and so a re-release like this is a rare and welcome gift.

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07/26/04

N/A

Donnie Darko swings for the fences, and it goes yard.

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07/23/04

N/A

If the sum total of Donnie Darko is hard to figure, there’s no questioning that its separate scenes add up to breathtaking filmmaking.

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03/05/04

N/A

Though the film at times blurs the line between reality and fantasy to the point where it occasionally becomes difficult to read, it's definitely worth experiencing.

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02/25/04

8/10

If you believe Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Anya, there's something very malevolent about bunnies.

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12/11/03

5/5

Em seu longa-metragem de estréia, Richard Kelly prova ser não apenas um roteirista repleto de imaginação, mas também um diretor inteligente e talentoso – e Jake Gyllenhaal é um ator fascinante.

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09/26/03