![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like most cult movies, Donnie Darko works well on numerous levels - as a brainy piece of science-fiction, an ominous psychological thriller, a satire on suburban values, or a tragic drama of a doomed young rebel. This movie was embraced as a genuinely oddball "cult" item almost instantly upon its unsuccessful theatrical release. Got all that? More menacing visits from "Frank" the rabbit lead to a Halloween night revelation, and Donnie realizing his pivotal role in this weird, interconnected web of destiny. A plane engine falls out of nowhere onto his house, a sympathetic English teacher ( Drew Barrymore) is punished for her choice of literature in the class, a youth-mentoring positive-thinking guru ( Patrick Swayze) brainwashes the community, visions of wormlike appendages emerge from people's chests, and a neighborhood crazy lady turns out to be an ex-nun scientist who researched time-travel and metaphysical cause-effect paradoxes. Meanwhile a shattering series of events disrupt Donnie's already-unsteady world, including young love with a new girl at school. The rabbit, "Frank," tells him exactly when the world will end - in 28 days. In a cozy affluent suburb in October, 1988, DONNIE DARKO ( Jake Gyllenhaal), a rebellious teen, smart but diagnosed with mental illness and sort of a misfit at school, is lured from his bedroom by a phantom wearing a grotesque, metal-masked rabbit costume. ![]()
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