Review of Donnie Darko (2001) by Jason M — 14 Mar 2016

This is a tolerable film that has some cult following. I had to review the plot on a 3rd party website to understand what went on. This, to me, is not an indication of a good picture. If the production and script cannot convey the story well enough to understand it, this is not a benefit so that critics in the groupthink can attribute a high rating, but a weakness of storytelling.

Donnie Darko is definitely weird. Is it cool? Not to me. Is it intelligent? Not really. Is it silly? Well...closer similarity to silliness than great cinema. Just look at the "wormhole" scene and try to state that this is not silly.