A Turning Point in Film History

Rating: Null/10 (13 February 2002)

I have no doubt that, like Velvet Underground's first record, this film will be more or less ignored on release and then, ten years from now, cited by most major filmmakers as a primary influence.
Richard Kelly appears to have poured so much of his own heart and soul onto the screen, filtered through some type of madness, that the occasional rough spot and awkward silence only ads to the impact of your film experience -- you sort of cling to every tiny moment of mundane he gives you just the way that a person experiencing the type of madness poor Donnie Darko would do and then, bam, you realize you've been sucked in!
And please ignore the reviews out there that say this film is about (a) a bunny rabbit, (b) time travel, (c) the end of the world. That is sort of like saying "Blue Velvet" is about a murder.... This movie is about being young, being confused, and being aware suddenly that you've got to put down that self-help book and find a way to actually connect to people (before you die).
And, yech, I know this review isn't really doing the film justice -- I just hope I've intrigued you enough to go out and take a look at it.

Okay, best wishes, Sondra