Product ReviewsDonnie Darko (Vanilla Version) (DVD, 2004)

Great movie!

One of my Top ten movies of all time! Get it!

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Awesome

Amazing Film at a great price.

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Great uy.

Ok, so the actual DVD product is great, it is exactly what you see in the picture. The film itself I had never seen before purchase but I'm GLaD I did buy as it was a quality film if you like this kind of film.

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A cult Masterpiece with quite a following

i bought this DVD as a present for my 18 year old son he thinks this film is a masterpiece... he is studying media at college so i guess he knows!
i don't get the film myself i like a wide range of films science fiction and fantasy are amongst my favourites but this one just doesn't hit the mark with me i guess i find it "silly" an old fashioned word i know but the best way i can describe it but this film does have a cult following so everyone to their own tasteRead full review...

rubbish

Donnie Darko is an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink kind of film. Twenty-six-year-old writer-director Richard Kelly combines various genres — fantasy, teen flick, social satire, and dysfunctional family drama — to tell a mind-bending story about an '80s teenager with emotional problems who may or may not have the ability to alter the time-space continuumRead full review...

Stunning!!!

I love this film! the story line is really original; there isn't any other film like it, the chacters are brilliant and brilliantly played, ohh and the ending what a mind job!!! i was thinking about this for a long time afterwards trying to work it out, but hey its worth it in the end.
The film revolves around Donnie Darko a troubled teenager who is visted by Frank(The Rabbit) and the things that happen to him after meeting him.
Don't be fooled by the price its at in Virgin or HMV, i bought it for 2.99 thinking it would be rubbish, what a shock i had!
One of my favourite films, the re-watchability is also really good because you miss alot the first couple of times.
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A classic cult film

Donnie Darko is a superb cult film, though I should make clear that it is difficult to understand on the first attempt - the films blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion so well that it is only on the second time around that I actually understood what happened (I give no details to avoid spoiling the surprise). If having to think a bit is going to put you off, don't buy this film. On the other hand, if you want an intellectual film which challenges our perception of reality and illusion and shows a wonderful portrait of a tormented pysche, I urge you to buy this film - you won't regret it!Read full review...

A thought provoking masterpiece

I ended up buying Donnie Darko about 4 year ago. I had heard of it before, and just blindly decided to buy it after seeing the cover. Once the movie began and all the way till after it finished, I knew it was definitely something special.

From the 6-ft bunny rabbit, to Jake Gyllenhaal's spell-binding performance, to the freaky plot and thrilling, intertwining story, to Richard Kelly's imagery and imagination, this is personally one of the greatest movies of all time, a massive achievement in film of the 21st century. For movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and Spider-Man to rip up the box office and have such great success, with independent flicks like Donnie Darko to be pushed aside is unbelievable and horrible to see.

Although dark, psychologically trancing, mind-fillingly creative, Donnie Darko has made a major impact on the many who have watched it. A classic cult-hit teen movie. If you watch it, you will have to watch it again. An addicting, awe-inspiring tale of unparalleled psychological thrilling.

p.s. Film Fact. At the films first public showing of the film at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the reels was thread backwards and upside down. The caused a 1 hour delay in the middle of the film. During this time the director answered questions and Stuart Stone rapped and danced to an audience provided beat box.Read full review...

Donnie Darko Review

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Who is Donnie Darko? Well, he's the troubled hero of Richard Kelly's remarkable debut feature, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Not only is Donnie ("Donnie Darko? What the hell kinda name is that?") a complex character - he's a high IQ high-school student, troubled by mental instability, who is both frank and perspicacious - but the film itself defies genre definition. It's a drama about teen love. It's philosophical sci-fi. It's a satire of 80s America. And more.

It's 1988. Donnie wakes up on a mountain road. It looks like Provence, but Donnie soon descends into manicured all-American suburbia. The film was shot in LA but the fictional setting of Middlesex, Virginia, is reminiscent of Blue Velvet or even E.T. (further evoked by the presence of Barrymore, who executive produced and co-stars as a teacher). These connections - and explicit references within the film to Back To The Future, The Evil Dead and The Last Temptation Of Christ - are all part of Kelly's dense weave, contributing to the film's themes of 80s culture, time travel, the supernatural (Donnie is visited repeatedly by a eerie, man-sized 'rabbit' called Frank - a nod to Harvey) and faith.Read full review...