Genre Bending, Mind Bending, Intelligent Laden Bizarre Film

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2002)

Donnie Darko. It is a gem that has everyone I've talked to about jumping for joy at how well this movie was made and what it means. This movie is so deep that it took my Philosophy prof 6 times to even begin to comprehend the deepest darkest points of this movie. The director does a great job of setting up Donnie's life. Although most people see this movie as a bleak movie, I see it as a hopeful one. The ending brings hope to me. This movie is genre bending because it has every element of horror, sci-fi, comedy, psychological thriller, and action movie. It is so hard to classify, that walking into 5 different stores, it was placed in 5 different categories. I recommend this to anyone who wants a thrill ride through the human psyche and wants to experience the darkest parts of the human experience. Dark, Darkest, Darko!