Caught me by surprise

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2004)

Strange. The first time I saw this, I didn't appreciate it. Thought it was a bit stupid. But i have been drawn back to it again and again and again. Between playing on every stereotype around, making caricatures out of the sort of people we "tolerate" around us, the haunting soundtrack and Donnie's slow realisation of his purpose, it is a fantastic film I just can't seem to get enough of.
Very clever, very subtle in many respects - definitely one you have to see more than once to really grasp what they were trying to do.