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Donnie Darko - Director's Cut (Two Disc Set) [2002]
from Metrodome Distribution
starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal
directed by Richard Kelly

Features:

• Box set
• Director's Cut
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Donnie Darko is a thought-provoking, touching and distinctive offering from relative newcomer, Richard Kelly (II). It's 1988 in small-town America and Donnie, a disturbed teenager on medication and undergoing psychoanalysis for his blackouts and personality disorders, is being visited by a being in a rabbit suit whom he calls Frank. It's this anti-Harvey that saves Donnie from being crushed to death when an airplane engine falls from the sky onto his house. This is the beginning of their escalating relationship, which, as Donnie follows Frank's instructions, becomes increasingly violent and destructive. Added to this is Frank's warning of the impending apocalypse and Donnie's realisation that he can manipulate time, leading to a startling denouement where nearly everything becomes clear.

"Nearly everything", because Donnie Darko is a darkly comic, surreal journey in which themes of space, time and morality are interwoven with a classic coming-of-age story of a teenage boy's struggle to understand the world around him. The film leaves the viewer with more questions than it answers, but then that's part of its charm. Performances are superb: Jake Gyllenhaal underplays the mixed-up kid role superbly and Donnie's episodes of angst positively erupt out of the screen. There are also some starry cameos from Mary McDonnell as Donnie's long-suffering mother, Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham, the personal-development guru with a terrible secret, and Noah Wyle and Drew Barrymore as Donnie's progressive teachers. Undoubtedly too abstruse for some tastes, Donnie Darko's balance of outstanding performances with intelligent dialogue and a highly inventive story will reward those looking for something more highbrow than the average teenage romp. --Kristen Bowditch

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Stunning
  Donnie Darko is by far my favourite film. No other film reaches deep inside of me and carries me away like Donnie Darko does.
  Many of my friends hate it because they "don't understand it" or "it doesn't make sense". They just don't get it though. Of course there are flaws but that is why it is one of the greatest films created in recent years. Whatever your thoughts, it makes you think.
  The storyline is the most imaginative I have come across, every actor and actress is perfect for their role,... more info

• Fan Dabby Dosa!
  Donnie Darko- Absolutely fabulous, arrived spick and span. Completely satisfied with this product, would recommend to anyone with a thirst for knowledge!

• Donnie Darko Revisited
  It was interesting to watch the director's cut a few years after I last saw the original. It still seems to me to be a superb combination of growing up in high school black comedy drama and cosmic religious sci-fi. Kelly gives a simply brilliant evocation of school life in the 1980s accompanied by a perfect sound-track of songs from the time. The quasi sci-fi religious plot is a lot harder to come to terms with. The key to unlock the story is really in the "Philosophy of Time Travel" extracts that appear in... more info

• Amazing movie !
  this is one of my favorite movies, it great i would 100% recommend it, and it's one of those movies that after you see you talk about it for days afterwards, and you can see more than once,because theres so much to think about,i had to watch it a couple of times before i really understood it, and the 2nd time i saw it i noticed things i hadn't before. Only bad thing about this DVD is that i found the extra features pretty boring

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