A crazy piece of erratic genius

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2005)

Donnie Darko is the tale of a troubled boy trying to get through adolescence. In the first scene, you start by finding Donnie alone and asleep by the side of the road somewhere. After he gets home, you meet his family, who are rather bad-mouthed (at least the kids) but a normal American family nonetheless. You discover, after Donnie goes to bed, that he seems to be a chronic sleepwalker, and you watch as, after hearing some strange voice, follows it downstairs and out into the yard. A giant rabbit awaits him there, who, after saving him from a deadly disaster, tells him the world is going to end. Donnie realizes that he must find a way to save the world, do whatever his imaginary savior asks (Which may include some things you wouldn't want your child doing), and romance the neighbor girl before that time comes, and before he is locked up for being the neighborhood "nutter".