The Mad World Of Donnie Darko

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2007)

*Donnie's SPOILERS*
Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal, 'Brokeback Mountain') is a 16 year old boy with some mental problems who lives with his sisters Elizabeth (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake's real-life sister) and Samantha (Daveigh Chase, 'The Ring') and his parents, Eddie (Holmes Osborne) and Rose (Mary McDonnell) in Middlesex, Virginia, in 1988.
The night of October 2, he narrowly avoids dying in a bizarre incident, in which a 747's engine falls right into his room.
From then on, Donnie begins to see a mysterious bunny called Frank (James Duval) who tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds, and some mysterious things begin to happen, things that involve also his family, the new girl in school Gretchen (Jena Malone), some teachers, like the uptight (and stupid) Kitty Farmer (Beth Grant), the intelligent Karen Pomeroy (Drew Barrymore) and the calm Kenneth Monitoff (Noah Wyle), and a way-too-cheery preacher, Jim Cunningham (Patrick Swayze).
I won't say anything more, because this is a movie that has to be watched and internalized, a personal experience everyone should have.
I whole heartedly recommend it.
Donnie Darko: 9/10.