Outstandingly mind twisting (SPOILERS)

Rating: 10/10 (21 October 2018)

While seeming over all intense and unclear, Donnie Darko has an outstandingly well-orchestrated plot line. This films spends nearly its entire length to focus on one working part of the plot line, while the end leaves the viewer in an awe of confusion as to what they've actually just watched. This film explores the potential of time travel and having the ability to change the workings of "God's path". In beginning of the film we see our primary focus, Donnie Darko himself, waking up in the middle of a road on a mountain. Which, yes, instantly makes the viewer wonder what exactly is going on. We soon learn that Donnie sleepwalks and essentially wakes up somewhere different every morning. A conversation with his family reveals that Donnie is on an unknown type of medication. Fast forwarding to later that night, Donnie is awakened by an unknown voice with an unarguably creepy tone. He follows along to where this voice leads him, which is to a nearby golf course, and we see the source of the voice. A giant, slightly terrifying, furry rabbit who is named Frank. Frank informs Donnie that the world will end in 28 days. This sets the premise for the rest of the film. Donnie spends his nights succumbing to the direction of Frank in hopes of keeping the world from destruction. Additionally, we learn from a conversation between Donnie's mother and his therapist that he has key symptoms of paranoid schizophrenic disorder and that his medication has been a placebo. This revelation adds a whole new view point to the film. Is Frank really reaching out to Donnie from the future? Is Frank merely a hallucination of Donnie's paranoid schizophrenia? The thing is, we don't know and the script surely doesn't tell us. This makes the complex and confusing, but all the more interesting and fun to watch. I feel this makes the viewers search for their own answers and piecing together the information that has been given to them, rather than taking a film at face value. Overall, the film was fantastic and it is certainly a must watch film for those who enjoy comedy, science fiction, drama and open endings.