"A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident".
I instantly thought to myself, "what have these people been smoking?" But after the recommendations and high ratings, I still felt inspired to check out why this insane plot synopsis still produces a supposedly great film.
Boy were they right!
Firstly, it is clearly a film you need to see more than once to fully understand this. But for some people, they still don;t understand it, and yet weirdly still love it. That alone surely shows why this film is incredible. Donnie Darko is the type of film that provides its viewer to do some hard thinking and after the movie, some hard re-thinking.
There is so many things I like about this. The complete curiosity as to actually what is happening to everything, the strange and compelling characters involved and the very powerful scenes. The curiosity evens gets to the point of you are not sure what genre this would fit into. There are sections of a teen flick, some show the style of horror, sci-fi and even fantasy.
When it comes to the ending, some of you may think you have got it. Then you will have to watch it again to confirm your thoughts. But then you are not sure and will watch it again and again.
I can see why this was an instant cult classic, and it could even more than that. It is extremely well written and it produces incredible characters with dialogue you will believe in with a passion.
I can see this film will not be to everyone's taste, but it will certainly make an impression on you. I managed to join the majority and find it an incredible feat of movie-making. I would recommend it, but only for certain people, because I know some that will instantly hate this with a passion. But that is what makes a cult classic. Prepare yourself, as you will have never seen anything like this before.
Rating: 9/10
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