Donnie Darko | 2001

Rating: ★★★★☆ Watched @ home

Creator/Director • Richard Kelly

Lead cast

• Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko

• Jena Malone as Gretchen Ross

• Maggie Gyllenhaal as Elizabeth Darko

• Mary McDonnell as Rose Darko

• Holmes Osborne as Eddie Darko

• Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham

• Drew Barrymore as Karen Pomeroy

• Noah Wyle as Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff

Based on

Original screenplay (not based on a book or prior work)

AI Summary

Set in suburban Virginia during the late 1980s, troubled teenager Donnie Darko survives a bizarre accident after being lured from his home by a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume named Frank. As Donnie begins experiencing visions, sleepwalking episodes, and disturbing predictions about the end of the world, he becomes entangled in a surreal chain of events involving time travel, fate, mental illness, and alternate realities. The film blends psychological drama with science fiction and horror elements.

My feelings, thoughts, and opinions

I am writing this a few months after having watched the movie, and honestly, it must not have made a big impression as I don't fully remember what happened.

But I remember being excited by having watched the movie, so I must watch it again.