eerily comforting

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2003)

here some random thought on this movie which i quite enjoyed. there are many things i really liked about this film. it was well directed, particularly the way certain parts are sort of speeded up. jake gyllenhal's performance is terrific. he conveys a great deal of emotion with slight motions of his eyes or small movements of his lips.and jena malone is really good. i've seen both of these actors before in other impressive performances. both the original soundtrack and "period" songs were quite good. the movie had this feel that everything in donnie's world could go terribly wrong at any moment. gyllenhal's performance and the direction allowed me to feel his anxiety, his desire to know that everything is going to be okay.

SPOILERS
it was interesting the way his mother seemed almost comforted at the end, as if she knew her son was finally happy, in a far off place, time-travelling. it was cool how donnie's relationship with gretchen sort of gave a kind of stability to his character.