Donnie Darko
1h53m | Directed by Richard Kelly | USA | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thiller
RATED R
Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days 06 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowly avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank s maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum.
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.
Lisa Alspector | Chicago Reader | Full Review
A stunning technical accomplishment that virtually bursts with noise, ideas and references.
Andrew O’Hehir | Salon.com | Full Review