My God, we need more films like this. Brilliant!

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2004)

Wow. I just finished this right now on Halloween night and I'm blown away.
Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a depressed troubled teen who has disturbing visions from Frank, a man in a bunny outfit. He tells Donnie that the world is going to end in 28 days and tells him time travel is possible. Throughout the month of October until "the end of the world", Donnie struggles with his visions from Frank and gains knowledge on time travel and the pursuit to happiness and the separation of love and fear.
The movie is a total breath of fresh air from the recycled crud the theaters are currently running. The plot challenges the audience to push themselves beyond their limits of understanding things. The movie doesn't focus on being scary, such as someone sneaking behind someone and crashing cymbals behind their head, but instead centres around the disturbing thoughts, and reactions that Donnie goes throw.
Jake Gyllenhaal was absolutely incredible in this film. His performance was radical and totally believable. By the way, was he nominated for an Oscar for this one?
If not, he damn well deserved one.
Donnie Darko is dark, challenging, and undoubtedly brilliant. An instant cult classic. I loved it.
10/10