Reviews
Sight and Sound - ...A fine film, even an astounding one....DONNIE DARKO has a texture and tang all its own....Haunting and altogether exquisite..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Excitingly original..., Total Film - ...This is startling filmmaking -- end of story..., USA Today - ...This home life/high school satire set in someone's twilight zone grabs you and doesn't let go. It's also one of the best cast films of the last decade..., Movieline - ...A remarkably accomplished piece of filmmaking by a 26-year-old Richard Kelly..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...Richard Kelly, the first-time writer-director, is obviously talented....He sees his characters freshly and clearly, and never reduces them to formulas. In Jake Gyllenhaal, he finds an actor able to suggest an intriguing kind of disturbance...