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Rating: 8/10 (23 October 2012)

When I first saw this movie I didn't really know what to think, but as the years have gone by, I've come to like it very much. If nothing else, one has to appreciate the concept and thought provoking nature of this material. A kid basically somehow finds some type of wormhole to where he travels back in time, he time travels is what he does, and the genius of that time travel makes this movie all the more worth watching.
Would we forget if we time traveled, if we traveled back in time? Or would we remember? Could we travel forward? If we did travel back in time or forward in time, would it be planned and on purpose, or would we travel back or forward in time by complete chance/on accident? As if it were all just a dream? This movie poses all of these concepts and questions.
The creators vision is that Donnie Darko forgets that he travels back in time. That Donnie Darko traveled back in time by complete accident and chance as if it were just some quick snap of the fingers, waking up from a dream or waking up from your therapy session with the Hypnotist.
Donnie Darko doesn't know he's traveled back in time, he just believes he's in the present as if nothing ever happened, but yet Darko keeps seeing visions of a Creepy Dark Bunny.
He sees this Bunny as if he's seen this Bunny before, Deja Vu, just a creepy dream or remnants from the time travel left in some odd peculiar quadrant that keeps flashing before him? A very thought provoking and creepy movie. This movie will keep you on edge and leave you feeling settled but unsettled at the same time.
Of course as the movie progresses, Donnie Darko discovers that he has time traveled and eventually he will sacrifice his life for his loved ones' lives. He kind of sacrifices his life in a different, but sort of same way that Ashton Kutcher's character does in The Butterfly Effect.
Donnie Darko kind of has that 2001: A Space Odyssey feel to it. And Also, who doesn't think that there are wormholes right around the corner that we don't know about, right in a forest or in our backyard. I think for the fantasy, sci-fi lover, these thoughts have been thought in our minds before, and really who knows if we're right or wrong. There could be wormholes anywhere really. Who really knows.
Anyway, If you like 2001: A Space Odyssey, then you'll probably take a liking to Donnie Darko as well. Also, Patrick Swayze is terrific in this movie in a very weird and disturbing role.