Donnie Darko (3+ stars)

Whoa. Add this to the queue after The Butterfly Effect (which it shares much with) and Franklyn. I almost turned this off in the first half hour, but I think it was worth sticking with. Quite a cast of supporting players.

There are a few big things that happen in the movie that don’t seem relevant to the main direction of the film. At least one of those things leaves the world worse-off if undone, although that may be part of the point / problem with fixing things.

Both Darko and The Butterfly Effect surprise me in how far their protagonists are willing to go to fix things – to save their love interests, actually. It’s a strange kind of unsung heroism – no one will know the sacrifice. Which makes me think of re-reading A Prayer for Owen Meany.

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