The Greatest Movie Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2005)

Donnie Darko is a film by first time writer-director Richard Kelly. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie a teenager in 1988 who finds out the world is going to end in about a month. When I first watched this movie, to be honest, my first reaction was "What the hell was that all about." But after watching it more and more times, you find so many things in every viewing. I could not believe a movie could affect you in so many ways. This film is at times extremely funny (The dinner scene is hilarious), yet also a deep and beautiful drama. On one level the plot is a complicated sci-fi and on another a simple teenage love story. It's a tragedy to rival Hamlet, yet also one of the most uplifting movies in years. Anyone can watch this movie and take something different from it. With brilliant performances from all involved and wonderful direction from Richard Kelly, this is a movie that gets better with every viewing and after my sixth viewing I'm still discovering new aspects and ideas behind it.