Not a bad little film

Rating: 6/10 (10 March 2003)

*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*
Donnie Darko surprised me. Sure, some of the symbolism was a bit on the obvious side and the late 80's setting seemed pointless, but overall I found the movie rather enjoyable. Through most of this movie I wasn't exactly sure what was going to happen. Donnie Darko achieves this without descending into the incomprehensibility that plagued other time warp movies like Lost Highway. For me that goes a long way towards making a movie enjoyable. The acting was decent, the script was good, and the directing wasn't bad (it was his first film so I'll cut him some slack). Darko is a niche movie though and will not be enjoyed by all audiences. Not the greatest movie I've ever seen, but it was more enjoyable than the usual crap Hollywood is cranking out these days. I'd rather see 100 movies like Donnie Darko get greenlighted than one more Pearl Harbor or Charlie's Angels II. 6/10