A very, very mad world.

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2003)

Donnie Darko is a twisted tale of one boys struggle to hold his world together till its inevitable end. Disturbed in his dreams, not only by his sleep-walking, but also from a "vision" of a 6 foot tall evil black bunny rabbit named Frank, Donnie is "saved" from being crushed in his bed by a falling jet engine that is sent back through time. Donnie is then allowed to follow his destiny for the next 28 days, unwillingly and unknowingly setting up the chain of events that eventually lead to the initial point where the rip in space-time occurs. This film raises twice as many questions as it answers, about time-travel, religion, society, conspiracy, fate, choice, love and fear.
The musical score, and the choice of songs add to the dark claustrophobic feel of the movies, disturbing and intriguing plot. Since first seeing the movie I have been "looking for answers in all the wrong places", as there are several plot strings that have either no end, no beginning or no explanation which leads me to the lyrics of the final song which sums up this movie perfectly. "and I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had, I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take, when people run in circles, its a very very mad world".