Intrieging yes confusing

Rating: 5/10 (23 October 2018)

Donnie Darko was a thought provoking movie. It allows the audience to try and put the puzzle pieces together, which can be frustrating. I can not recommend this to anybody who attends films for the pure sake of entertainment. Nor can I recommend it to people who need straight answers or have limited attention spans. It's art, and does not need to provide exact explanations for itself. As entertaining as this film may be, it has an unrelenting and merciless dark side, and might disturb the majority. The plotting is dreary. Just when things are about to get exciting, the pace slackens and we have to wait several minutes for things to pick up again. The motifs are cloudy and I still don't quite understand the message this movie is trying to portray. Although, I thought the acting was spot on. Each character played their role perfectly. My main issue was with the plot structure and flow of the scenes. I would highly recommend more than one viewing, considering that I still have questions about the film.