Original, intriguing, and more than a bit weird!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2002)

If you like strange, bizarre movies I urge you to rent "Donnie
Darko," a VERY bizarre movie indeed. It came and went with little
fanfare last year, and is definitely "out there." It tells the story of a
bright but psychotic teenager who meets (imagines?) a strange
visitor from the future, after narrowly missing a freakish death. It's
hard to think of anything to compare this movie to; "Donnie" is
somewhere out in the same quadrant as Vanilla Sky, Repo Man,
and The Man Who Fell to Earth. Or imagine an episode of "Angel"
directed by the Coen Brothers. One critic called it "Harvey" on acid.
As I said, strange.