frank is creepy, but...

Rating: 5/10 (16 April 2002)

Frank is creepy, but the movie left quite a bit to be desired. i find it amusing to watch people rave over this movie and try to find the "hidden meaning" of certain characters. the problem is that this movie has so many holes that one has to try and fill them. I had this movie recommended to me and was eager to see something "dark and edgy" as the recommendation went. unfortunately, there are too many plot holes that distracted me away from really finding it so great. I'll point out a few. -------------POSSIBLE SPOILERS-PLEASE BE AWARE---------- Ok, so now at the end you have a plane engine that comes from nowhere, or does it? is it a timeloop that will continue to happen forever seeing how that plane will be flying again? no explanation or attempt at reconciliation of this matter. The interest in characters such as the chinese girl and drew barrymore's charater...other posters here have tried to place great importance on their involvement, but honestly, they are so underdeveloped and unnecessary that they just fog up the picture more. Another poster mentioned how "everything had to happen to get donnie in the right place at the right time". that's a load of crap. even if he doesn't flood the school, or burn down the house so his mom gets on the plane, the plane will still be flying over his house at that moment. so we have the creation of a line of events that is totally unnecessary. donnie could have sat on his butt until that day and it would have made no difference. And finally, HOW did donnie get back to the past? did he go through the tornado/wormhole? did he just cease to exist on the hill and get warped back to that night in his bed? and the drugs played what role exactly in his seeing frank and having this experience? ---------------------END SPOILERS------------------ In conclusion, these are just a few of the problems that i have found with this movie. my brother and i have actually coined a new idiom based on this movie. whenever we encouter an element of a story that goes unresolved or has no possible way of existing based on the rest of the story we refer to it as "making sure there are no airplane engines"!