October 2, 1988: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is having a rough trip through adolescence. Sandwiched between two well-adjusted, outgoing sisters — Elizabeth (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who's about to start college, and little Samantha (Daveigh Chase), part of the school's "Sparkle Motion" dance squad — Donnie feels awkward, misunderstood and alienated from the rituals and routines of high-school life. He doesn't have a girlfriend, but he's got a shrink (Katharine Ross), a medicine cabinet filled with unwanted psychotropic drugs and an imaginary friend called Frank (James Duval), who looks like a guy in a malevolent bunny suit. And then fate delivers a mind-boggling kick i...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
113 mins