A definite multi-view film(SPOILERS)

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2002)

Donnie Darko is a dark edgy Sci-Fi masterpiece that has to be viewed at least twice to be fully appreciated. An excellent cast led by bright new talent Jake Gyllenhall take you on a journey that will bewilder and beguile you only to leave you with a totally ambigious ending. This may not sound like a compliment but it is. This is one of the few films I have ever seen that left a lot of the conclusion to your own imagination. Is Donnie some kind of saviour sent by God to right a Universe that has lost it's way? Is he crazy? Was it all a dream of an alternate future? Who controls Donnie's (and all of our) destinies? Does he have any choice but to take his final act of self-sacrifice? This is the kind of film that should make $100 million dollars and it's a real shame that it didn't receive the kind of support that it deserved.