Review of Donnie Darko (2001) by Mike F — 04 Jan 2015

**Director's Cut**.

Time travel, a falling jet engine, and a dude in a bunny suit; From these disparate ingredients, writer-director Richard Kelly took a substantial risk and wove the ridiculous tale of Donnie Darko, an '80s-nostalgia high-school movie with Lynchian atmospherics, a psychedelic brio and a time-travel twist. A suburban teenager charged with repairing a rift in the fabric of our dimension after surviving a bizarre accident sets in motion some less-than-sane antics. Or something. To call Donnie Darko open to interpretation would be understating the case a bit, it's been both confounding and delighting adherents since 2001. Donnie Darko is a film to constantly revisit because it makes you think, feel and laugh while you try to figure out the nutty narrative. And it has a six-foot tall bunny rabbit. Every film should have a six-foot tall bunny rabbit.