Donnie Darko Reviews
Scene-Stealers.com
The Director's Cut works too hard to explain the mystery behind what really happened to teenage misfit Donnie, while the theatrical one was more mysterious and ambiguous.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Common Sense Media
Winningly edgy teen-angst sci-fi tragicomedy.
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| Original Score: 4/5
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DVDJournal.com
Donnie Darko may have been shortchanged in the theaters, but it got a pretty fine DVD from 20th Century Fox.
Reel.com
| Original Score: 3.5/4
Movie Gazette
Fascinating, thought-provoking and at times darkly comic.
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| Original Score: 8/10
CHUD
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Richard Kelly's seriocomic socio-apocalyptic love story stands as one of the few recent movies to effectively capture youth's grandeur.
Boxoffice Magazine
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Movie Metropolis
Imagine living in a world where nightmares and reality merge, where waking dreams are a part of everyday life.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Laramie Movie Scope
Whatever it is, it is fascinating, lyrical filmmaking and it demands multiple viewings to wring the most out of it.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Slant Magazine
From its awesome, hypnotic interactive menus to its meaty and informative array of features, the Donnie Darko DVD is an incredibly handsome class act.
Murphy's Movie Reviews
As with any film of this kind, multiple viewings are in order so that one can sort out the plot strands, admire the craftsmanship, and fully grasp what the writer-director's intentions were. When the film opened in the wake of the events of September 11th
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| Original Score: A-
