not very good

Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2003)

Those of you who claim to "get" this movie obviously don't require much to engage your intellect.
Contrived.
Lacking in authenticity.
You can't possibly care about the protagonist, and that is the one thing that is absolutely necessary for any work of fiction to be successful: you have to care enough to relate or empathasize with the story. That can't be done here.
I am not stupid, nor even of "sub-standard" intellect. I am a college graduate. I have a Master's degree. I "get" Memento (a film DD is too often compared to). I enjoyed David Lynch's films (again, comparisons abound). I found Donnie Darko very boring.
Why do those who like this film get so defensive and attack those who don't like it?