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Donnie Darko: Timeline & Ending Explained
The cult hit Donnie Darko is an infamously difficult film to follow, but its confusing ending can be explained by unknotting the movie’s complex timeline. Released in 2001, Donnie Darko was a lot of different things to different viewers. The film is simultaneously an early vehicle for future superstar Jake Gyllenhaal, the directorial debut of mercurial genius Richard Kelly, and a hybrid of teen drama, science fiction, small-town mystery and fantasy.