dark and weird, thought provoking

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2003)

Many friends had recommended I see Donnie Darko, and I just recently got around to renting it. Glad I did. Very cool movie. Kinda dark and weird, but I like movies like that. If you've read any reviews or synopses you might have heard about the man-sized talking rabbit. Sounds silly, but when you see the movie it makes sense. I also heard that the film deals with the idea of time travel, but if you're expecting the kind of time travel that Marty McFly is known for, then you're way off. It's hard to describe Donnie Darko. You just have to see it. Pretty impressive considering it was the writer/director's first major film effort. It's one of those movies where, at the end, you just sit there in silence for half the credits, with your mouth hanging open, until you finally start discussing what the heck is all means with the person next to you.