My favourite movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 August 2019)

Donnie Darko is currently #1 on my favourite movies list and it'll probably stay that way for awhile.
It's a fun film with Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role Donnie Darko, a boy who suffers from mental illness and is prone to sleep walking. One night he is told by a mysterious apparition dressed in a rabbit suit that the world will end shortly. After this, Donnie's life becomes strangely surreal and that's how much I can pitch to you before getting into spoilers.
The soundtrack is really great, one song that springs to mind is Cellar Doors. I'm as big a fan of music as I am of movies, so good soundtracks are something I personally look forward to.
The dialogue is very memorable and witty right from the beginning. Jake Gyllenhaal is very entertaining to watch, but his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal is in this too and she's got some great lines. The overall cast is great, not a weak link in the chain at all.
It's a movie that has aged very well and it's very re watchable. The type of movie you can watch again and again and come to your own conclusions on the meaning behind what is happening, as it is a thriller movie. That is why I have to stress this: don't watch the director's cut. It tries to make the story more coherent but instead it just removes the fun. It tries too hard to explain the happenings. I recommend watching the theatrical cut instead.
Overall and in short, Donnie Darko is a fun and witty thriller about a high schooler who despite his struggles with mental illness is haunted by surrealism after he's told by a bunny apparition that the world will soon end.