Philosophical and thoughtful

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2003)

True. The movie is dark. The third person portrait of young Donnie through his own eyes however is sympathizing- you don't perceive him as a freak. Or is he? He has emotional problems, and regular sessions with a psychologist. His sociological opinions and beliefs go against the voices of his teachers and the other people of the town. To them, yes, he probably is a freak. But the viewer of this movie won't agree with those people, they will say Donnie is the only one who see things as they are and he does have the guts to stand up for it and say it.
However, this view is not completely simple to wield... Donnie hallucinates and is commanded by a big skull-faced rabbit. These commands are disturbing, and soon the element of time enters the plot. A series of strange events take place, and Donnie soon faces more and more coincidental pieces of elements that all puzzles up to something that can't be a coincidence... And a race against time to find out the truth about time itself...
This movie makes you think deep. The end really puts the cherry on top, but not without leaving your eyes a little watery...