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08/14/07
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Donnie Darko (2001)
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Reviews Counted: 96
Fresh: 80
Rotten:16
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus: Richard Kelly's debut feature Donnie Darko is a daring, original vision, packed with ideas and intelligence.
Theatrical Release: Oct 26, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. October 2nd, 1988: just another ordinary day in Donnie Darko’s... [More]
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell
Director: Richard Kelly
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Reviews for Donnie Darko
Top Critic 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.
08/04/07
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.
07/30/07
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
07/22/07
Kelly is a supple and courageous storyteller, boldly free-associating as he mixes parody and satire with earnest psychodrama and coming up with plot points no one could anticipate.
06/08/07
Top Critic
Donnie Darko has plenty of problems. But most stem from a young filmmaker overswinging on his first time up to the plate and hitting a deep fly out rather than a home run.
06/08/07
Top Critic Kelly captures, better than any film in recent memory other than Election, what it feels like to be in high school.
03/30/07
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.
06/13/06
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.
04/06/06
You either love it or hate it. For those who loved it, I have only one word: overrated.c
12/06/05
One of the most remarkable films of 2001, and it deserves a much larger audience than it has so far gained.
01/15/05
Donnie Darko ranks among Gattaca, Pi and Dark City for pure imagination -- and surpasses them for astonishing execution.
07/30/04
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.
07/26/04
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.
07/26/04
If the sum total of Donnie Darko is hard to figure, there’s no questioning that its separate scenes add up to breathtaking filmmaking.
03/05/04
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.
02/25/04
If you believe Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Anya, there's something very malevolent about bunnies.
12/11/03
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.
09/26/03
Latest News for Donnie Darko
May 30, 2008:
Elizabeth Berkley, Briana Evigan Join Donnie Darko Sequel 
Elizabeth Berkley and Briana Evigan have joined Justin Chatwin, Ed Westwick, and Daveigh Chase in the cast of the Donnie Darko sequel, S. Darko. More...
May 09, 2008:
Donnie Darko Sequel Hops Into View
Okay, show of hands: Who's up for a Richard Kelly-less Donnie Darko sequel? More...
November 14, 2007:
Richard Kelly Tells Southland Tales of Love and Devotion
After the slow but nonetheless potent rise of cult favorite Donnie Darko, expectations were high for writer/director Richard Kelly. Three prequel graphic novels, one disastrous... More...
August 24, 2007:
Southland Tales Stills, Trailer Info
It's got what might be the largest cast and most difficult-to-describe storyline of any major motion picture this year, so of course, Richard Kelly's Southland Tales is being... More...
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