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Donnie Darko 113 minutes, USA (2001), 15
(5.0)
Rating: 5.0 Stars
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Donnie Darko

An astonishingly imaginative, poignant, genre-defying tale of teen love, insanity and time travel. The feature debut of US filmmaker Richard Kelly, starring upcoming talent Jake Gyllenhaal

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Donnie Darko : Who is Donnie Darko? Well, he's the troubled hero of Richard Kelly's remarkable debut feature, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Not only is Donnie ("Donnie Darko? What the hell kinda name is that?") a complex character - he's a high IQ high-school student, troubled by mental instability, who is both frank and perspicacious - but the film itself defies genre definition. It's a drama about teen love...
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