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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut 133 minutes, USA (2001), 15
(5.0)
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Our rating:
Average user rating (4.6 / 220 votes)
Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko

Richard Kelly's visionary cult debut returns with new special effects shots, 20 extra minutes of footage, remastered sound design and a rejigged soundtrack. But does it make any more sense this time around?

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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut: Since its release in 2001, Donnie Darko has exerted a strong gravitational pull on a disaffected generation, pulling them time and again into its labyrinthine tale of time travel, teenage angst and suburban alienation. The cult has reached such proportions that first time writer-director Richard Kelly has been granted the rare honour of assembling a director's cut...
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