Utterly Pointless

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2004)

I must confess on the outset, that I watched the film solely because of the high rating, and I was bitterly disappointed. I can't believe you morons gave it an 8.3/10 rating!
Calling this film 'average' would be over-generous. It is a disturbed (not disturbing) movie and an utter waste of time. I love surreal films or indeed anything not mainstream but Donnie Darko left me totally cold and I was thrilled only when I saw the end credits!
All characters in this film are cardboard figures, without any depth; usual stereotypes Yawn Yawn Yawn; the college bully, the disturbed kid, the new gal in town, the pious teacher ... you have it! Add this kind of thrash to a totally ridiculous story about giant bunnies and parallel universe and you get Donnie Darko. Was the time-travel supposed to add some kind of credibility to this ridiculous movie, by giving us a far-fetched if mildly plausible solution? Was it supposed to keep us at the edge of our seats, or deprive us of our sleep trying to decipher the plot?
As usual, people who can't understand this movie, will attempt to label it as a 'cult' or 'eccentric' masterpiece. As in the story - 'The Emperor's New Clothes' - I suggest that some of you wake up from your 'pseudo-intellectualism' and starkly say that the fat king is naked! Ergo, the harsh truth is that this film is crap and does not go beyond a 4/10 rating!
Wake up, sheeple.