Not worth much time

Rating: Null/10 (28 November 2002)

This movie did not return on the cost of its rental fee. It doesn't have a good enough story to compel someone watching it to be interested. I can't say that I am stupid: I am majoring in English Literature, which is a second language to me. I approach this from a literary view. I am used to deconstructing a work to bring its most illuminating and sublime aspects to light. I can't see any redeeming qualities of this movie. Mostly, it is boring. I have seen many American movies, and like most of them. Most American movies involve lots of explosions and intrigue. This movie doesn't rely on that, but doesn't have much to offer in any other ways either. I like movies like The English Patient which had a suspenseful love theme, The Name of the Rose which was very mysterious, The Brotherhood of the Wolf which was very Asian-oriented, and Memento, which made someone watching it really use their mind. Donnie Darko isn't confusing, or intrigueful, or stimulating. It is just dull.