"Donnie Darko" is a brilliant cult classic with more detail and creativity than every other film combined.

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2015)

Richard Kelly's tiny independent masterpiece is beyond amazing. The detail and creativity put into effect in "Donnie Darko" deliver a mind-bending adventure with a fantastic original screenplay. A troubled teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulate him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. This creepy, original, bizarre, wondrous, stylish, and magnificent work of art will have you guessing the entire time, except when director Richard Kelly throws a scene so arresting that it's impossible to think. The haunting score and dysfunctional suburban life penetrate our thoughts like a nightmare, while the stylish camera-work and overwhelming amount of animals play with your rational. Richard Kelly uses realistic science to blend into ordinary life and takes you on a cinematic adventure like no other. I really had no idea what was going on. I thought I did, but once I looked up the true meaning beyond the film, I was amazed at the brilliance beyond Richard Kelly's fantastic ideas and direction. Jake Gyllenhaal brings this unique story to life with a masterful performance that takes young acting to a whole new level. This film takes work. It might help to learn about tangent universes, chronological orders, living receivers, manipulated dead and living, and other scientific elements relating to these. These are what the plot is shaped from. The whole idea of human relations, destinies, and chance events are questioned throughout the film. It may be hard to understand all this due to being distracted from all the magnificent film work that is thrown at you constantly. There truly isn't a film with more detail and creativity that is connected throughout an entire film than "Donnie Darko," one of the greatest films to date and by far best of the 21st century.