Powerful.

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2009)

The film DONNIE DARKO has got to be one the most powerful films I have even seen. Having said that, you must be wondering why I only gave it a rating of eight stars. I'll explain.
When I first heard about this gem of a film, I had been informed that it was extremely depressing much like the song that appears in the ending of the film "Mad World". This intrigued me as I am a lover of dark depressing cinema. Although this film is dark and by the ending a bit depressing, it isn't what I would call bleak which is also what I expected it to be.
The images can be very disturbing and the dialogues or rather the points and philosophies brought up in the dialog can be very interesting. However some of the dialog is one of the things that I didn't like about this film. What I am referring to is the constant vulgar cussing that goes on between siblings at the dinner table next to their parents which has become a routine scene in American films pertaining to teens. I guess because my I'm not American I can relate to those situations. I also didn't like the incredibly lenient and cowardly parents Donnie had.
Since allot goes on this film it was easy for me to forget about these flaws, especially when the last fifteen minutes of the film played before my eyes and took me by surprise. The climax's mix of nostalgic, devastating, and uplifting emotions were only enhanced by "Mad World", I must say that I first heard this song three years before seeing this film and it felt good to hear it like this.
This film left me feeling strange in a way no film ever has, DONNIE DARKO is truly a film worth watching.