A Poetic masterpiece, which you will watch over and over till you die

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2006)

I never ever liked my original review cause i never really explain why this is my all time favourite film not the best because it's Terry Gilliam's Brazil. (SEE FILMFANATIX.com)
Over The Years, i've had favourite film for example...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Harry And The Hendersons, Wild Wild West (extremely underrated film,it's not great but it's a fun blockbuster) and a lot more.
It wasn't till some day in the fall of 2003, i found my favourite film and that films is of course Donnie Darko.
At the time I was having a really bad time at school and it has helped me thought it and thats why i've seen it for i think like 100 times.
Jake Gyllenhaal plays a teen in 1988 who may be imagining a 6 foot bunny rabbit called "Frank" or may not and people have said this is a complete rip-off of the James Stewart film "Harvey" even though it clearly is not.
This is one of the films people love to try to compare to different films and you CAN'T it's a one of a kind film and the most similar films are David Lynch's Masterpiece "Blue Velvet" and "Jacob's Ladder" and those are still very different films.
Now to the plot of Donnie Darko... Donnie is a kid who sleep walks and finds himself at different places in this home town of Middlesex (this mostly happens at the start) and one night when he is sleep walking, a jet engine falls into his room and escapes death and when he is sleep walking, he meets Frank The Giant 6-Foot Bunny Rabbit (played by James Duval). He goes to school and meets a girl and is moved into a hotel room.
I will not explain it anymore because i don't want to ruin the impact of the film.
Some films for me i just loved the first time i saw them and this one of them and some others are Lord Of The Rings Trilogy,Fight Club (but i wasn't one of all time favs till after i read the book but i loved it a lot),Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas,Brazil,Sin City and Hellboy.
The Film seems so normal but like "Blue Velvet" it seems so surreal.
The Script is one of the greatest pieces of writing ever written and i can't stress the fact that it is as good and even better then most books i've read.
Jake Gyllenhaal really really deserved an Oscar for playing Donnie Darko but because the film really vanished out of the cinemas but it has became a cult classic on DVD.
The Cast is unbelievable...Maggie Gyllenhaal (Jake's real sister),Patrick Swayze (who would have though my fav film would have Patrick Swayze),Drew Barrymoore,Jena Malone and many others.
The Film is a poetic,tragic,love story,thriller,mysterious,surreal,magical,teen movie.
And it's always nice to see Jake Gyllenhaal gets good roles after this masterpiece for example as Jack in Brokeback and Swoff in Jarhead.
and i just identify with this film a lot.