What's all the fuss all about?

Rating: 6/10 (27 June 2004)

Everyone kept repeating to me over and over again "Donnie Darko is great Max, you should see it". I finally did get to see it and was quite disappointed really. It was basically a horror version of the considerably better James Stewart classic "Harvey". The actors in it were good and I did find a few bits interesting, but for a lot of the film I sat staring at the screen saying to myself "Oi, what's the point of this film". I didn't understand a thing about the film when I saw it, and had to ask tons of people over and over again. I was told that when I understood the film I would say to myself "Oh now I get it. That explains everything", but when, after a considerable amount of time, I finally understood the film I found myself saying "Oh. Is that all?". It does have a song that is played over the closing credits ("Mad World", it was number one at Christmas) which I admit to finding quite good. But other than these minor good details this film is not much. If you want to watch a good horror film watch "The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick starring Jack Nicholson (I'm pretty sure you've heard of it). 6/10