- Studio: Newmarket Films
- Release Date: Oct 26, 2001
- Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell
- Summary: A genre-busting fable that blasts the American suburban drama into a wildly imaginative realm of time travel, alternative universes and the manipulation of one's fate. (IFC Films)
- Director: Richard Kelly
- Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 21
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Mixed: 4 out of 21
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Negative: 1 out of 21
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100Like gathering storm clouds, Donnie Darko creates an atmosphere of eerie calm and mounting menace -- stands as one of the most exceptional movies of 2001.
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80The nerviest, oddest, most outlandish and idiosyncratic American indie debut since "Buffalo 66," Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko defies description.
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60The flaws are more than balanced out by the risks the earnest Kelly encourages his excellent cast to take.
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38Just another self-absorbed teen chronicle, with the added twist of a little time travel and a surprise ending.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 18
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Mixed: 1 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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It's full of inspiration and ideas, but "Donnie Darko" doesn't quite get the order right.
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