Donnie Darko

This a surreal, unique, and just a really great film. It’s got great ideas that are put together in a way that everything is there but you need to put it together yourself. Jake Ghyllenhall is amazing in this. He plays Donnie so well. From the spaced out expression he always has to his awkwardness, he plays this role super well. Another standout is the obvious choice. Frank the bunny. Is he in the film that much? No. But his design makes him instantly iconic, even with a small presence on screen. The movie is funny and serious at the same time. There are some hilarious scenes in this movie. The plot is great, and is where a lot of the confusion comes from, but I think everything is connected really well. I see the parallel universe twist is really nice, and it is a really cool subversion of the doomsday expectation that Donnie has. For me, A lot of the themes feel like it’s talking about looking for answers and questioning things that are simple but hard to swallow, like death. Death is a constant happens to everyone. There is a lot of symbolism and themes that I took out of the movie but I think this review might be a bit too long as it is.