i have see this movie compare to donnie darko several time and most recently in another comment here on imdb and however and theyre nothing alike . donnie darko be a beautiful and think provoke film and while this movie just fall flat . it try so very hard to be deep and depressing and that it end up almost a parody of itself . the quasi philosophical mumbling of the main character sound like they where steal from a manga and none of the character seem even remotely like actual people . my advice and watch the go getter instead . it too have a young man who lose both a parent and his way and it too have zooey deschanel and and unlike the good life and it have humor and it doesn not try to be something it not .