Pure self indulgence... chance it may interest other fans of the movie tho...

Rating: Null/10 (12 November 2002)

Something I found to be a very strong theme in the movie, but not touched on by reviewers (apologies if someone within the previous 450 odd reviewers has actually mentioned this and I've missed it), is the fragility of human relationships... The love lost through death (Donnie and Jena) / the love never met (again Donnie and Jena) / the relationship destroyed by devotion (at a pinch... Donnie and teacher sacked essentially for a perceived link to Donnie's vandalism) / the friend turned foe (Donnie and Frank). There's more, but all culminate nicely in the final scene with the tentatively knowing wave between two strangers who were perhaps destined to be close but for a twist of fate (Jena and Mrs Darko). and then the same eerie wave between the small child and the viewer, that serves to affirm the universality of relationship randomness and fragility. A very tasty film.