Absolutely beautiful!

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2003)

Richard Kelly has created one of the finest films I have ever seen. It is wonderfully and skillfully directed and features some of the most amazing acting of recent memory. After "Lovely and Amazing" and this I will bet on Jake Gyllenthaal to be around for a very long time. What a natural and fascinating performance. I am just blown away, and almost breathless after just watching this movie. Haunting, beautiful, smart, funny, and edgy are all words that describe this masterpiece that is now on my favorite movie list right next to "Fight Club," "Mean Streets," "Chungking Express" and "Rushmore." I can't wait to see Richard Kelly's next movie. Hats off to the beautiful and talented Drew Barrymore for producing and acting in this rare and surreal gem. Drew Barrymore is the coolest and most creatively intuitive producer in Hollywood and as a low budget movie maker myself, I find her to be one of Hollywood's saving graces. "Donnie Darko" is brilliant and a must for anyone who appreciates artistic and cerebral films.