The best 80's Movie made in 2001.

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2011)

I would label "Donnie Darko" as "The thinking person's "Twilight". For anyone looking to rent or buy this movie, I would suggest getting the original version on DVD. Watch the movie in it's entirety and then watch the deleted scenes. A couple days later, view the entire film again. Then you can get a grasp of how many levels this movie was made on.In the meantime, you'll be thinking about it often.
Every now and then you'll see a movie that has such a great cast that you can't pick out just one superb performance because they're all top notch. This is one of those movies.
Jake Gyllenhall and Jenna Malone portray their characters with so much realism, you're pretty easily drawn into their relationship as a teen couple, both dealing with troubled lives.
Mary McDonnell plays Donnie's mother with such empathy, that you feel as sad for her as you do Donnie.
The one thing I noticed about this movie that I haven't seen posted a lot is the Messiah-like undertones. If you pay attention to when Donnie does something under the control of Frank, he always has his hood up looks "Satanic".
At the end, Donnies realizes that he must sacrifice himself so those dear to him ( his mother and Gretchen especially) can live. IN other words, he crucifies himself. If you watch the deleted scenes, you can see what I mean.
One of my all time favorite movies.