Dark delusion or supernatural vision?

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2002)

This film and Donnie's 28 day nightmare leave you asking the same question: dark delusion or supernatural vision? More impressive than the wonderful story and great acting is that I still don't know the answer to these questions. And I won't know, either. Unlike Vanilla Sky, Donnie Darko feels no need to completely explain itself.
For 28 days, 5 hours, 12 minutes and 42 seconds, Donnie lives a nightmare of violence he doesn't remember, visions he can't escape, and frightening coincidences that lead him to believe the end will come right on time as predicted by his new friend, Frank -- a dark vision of a rabbit.
Donnie is convinced that Frank saved him from certain death, and that he is being lead by God's timeline. However, we know that Donnie has not been taking his anti-psychotic medication. Which is the true source of Donnie's uncanny coincidences? Do they exist only in his mind or is he on an inescapable course guided by fate?
Don't take anyone else's word for it, and, whatever you do, don't listen to any steely-eyed rabbits.