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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson, Italia Ricci, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Anne Hathaway (more)VOD (4)
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Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to "pull" a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn't compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she's determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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Wow, so the girl breaks up with her boyfriend because he watches porn. And she even calls him an asshole for doing it. The question is whether Gordon-Levitt meant it as hyperbole or if there really are still people hypocritical enough to think that way. I guess so. I have a bit of an issue with the whole film, whether it was intentional or if the social critique emerged randomly from it. The unpleasant characters are obviously by design, and I've never seen Scarlett this awful before. The film wants to say something, but I felt it didn't quite succeed in the end. When I compare it to similarly self-destructive films like Shame, the statement in the end isn't as powerful; it's more of a commentary on societal issues. Not about people watching porn, but about their inability to communicate.
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This film looks different on the outside (synopsis, trailers) than what it is. I wasn’t expecting it to be so mature and self-aware, my appreciation for Gordon-Levitt has risen. Until now I regarded him as an interesting actor, but now I seem him as an interesting filmmaker who knows what he wants to say without pandering.
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One of those movies that I could watch until I'm blue in the face just for its heap of delicious life truths. Levitt's personality now seems to be in a very specific phase, where he remains a free-thinking young man masturbating to death, while also being fully aware of all the problems and bitterness that free-thinking and an adult life full of "serious" relationships and different needs involve. As a result, Don Jon is not only a brilliant generational statement where the young prefer casual sex and the family is presented as a group of completely disparate and disconnected people, but also an enjoyable satirical comedy, aptly addressing the unbearable mannerisms of the female population, and disarming in its endearingly frank portrayal of them. The direction cannot be faulted at all, the script is well smart and very original within the genre and all the actors are really enjoying their roles – especially Levitt, who has risen incredibly in my eyes again. I'm even afraid that if I looked as good as him, I'd be living just like Don Jon... :P 85%
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt's striking feature film debut may have a significantly smaller scope than it tries to appear, but when it fully flexes all its muscles, it works perfectly. Life truths, however wrapped in seemingly trivial issues of pornography or personal space, are sometimes just a few short sentences away from us. And to put such thoughts on paper, to film them, and even to play the central sixpack character takes courage.
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A bit too much teen cover, but otherwise it’s a quite interesting probe into a boy's life, or rather thoughts. A classic story at the beginning, which turns into a quite mature and watchable thing over time (with Julianne Moore's arrival on the scene). For a film about Joseph Gordon-Levitt's age, this one is more distinctive than it may seem at first impression. Scarlett Johansson is great again.
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