Refreshingly different, weak ending.

Rating: 7/10 (18 April 2002)

Based on R1 DVD
Donnie Darko; as the imdb genre listing suggests; is a difficult movie to pigeon hole. No a bad thing either, the movie keeps you trying to work it out all the way up to the less than satisfying ending. Astute viewers will have figured out half the ending well before it arrives but it would have been nice to see the Sparrow plot line developed.
People who avoid sci-fi shouldn't, it is more mystery than science.
Both the director Richard Kelly and Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) have established they are names to look out for in future movies.
7/10 well worth watching - last 10 minutes lost a point.