Don Jon (2013)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 118 | Rotten: 25
Don Jon proves to be an amiable directing debut for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and a vivacious showcase for his co-star, Scarlett Johansson.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 7
Don Jon proves to be an amiable directing debut for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and a vivacious showcase for his co-star, Scarlett Johansson.
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Movie Info
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
Cast
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jon "Don Jon" Martel... -
Scarlett Johansson
Barbara Sugarman -
Julianne Moore
Esther -
Tony Danza
Jon Martello Sr. -
Brie Larson
Monica Martello -
Glenne Headly
Angela Martello -
Jeremy Luke
Danny -
Rob Brown (VI)
Bobby -
Paul Ben-Victor
Priest -
Italia Ricci
Gina -
Lindsey Broad
Lauren -
Amanda Perez
Lisa -
Sarah Dumont
Sequins -
Sloane Avery
Patricia -
Loanne Bishop
Barbara's Mom -
Arin Babaian
Bartender -
Arielle Reitsma
Pink -
Rizwan Manji
Teacher -
Eva Mah
Waitress -
Nina Agdal
Supermodel in Commer... -
Jason Burnham
Promoter -
Johnny Ferrara
Other Driver -
Tiffany Pulvino
Hostess -
Olia Voronkova
Russian Voices -
Sonnie Brown
Woman in Car -
Antoinette Kalaj
Feefee -
Elena Kim
Purple -
Tanya Mityushina
White Shorts -
Craig Marks
Church Parishioner
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All Critics (143) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (118) | Rotten (25)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt turns the gym-tan-laundry routine into an art form with Don Jon, his vibrant and viciously profane directorial debut.
Top CriticOffbeat, frank and often surprising gem.
The movie becomes increasingly soft-edged and sappy.
At least 80% of it is snappy, droll fluff, while the other 20% is what you get when you persuade Julianne Moore to be in your movie: in a word, better.
Gordon-Levitt's characters feel real and "Don Jon" is a convincing, authentic, funny, modern romance.
Really, "Don Jon" could have - should have - gone on another 20 minutes. Then again, when was the last time you felt that about a romantic comedy? Or any movie?
A film with tense, ironic energy in the way that scenes flow and shots collide, but in a way that feels a bit overfamiliar and safe.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes an assured debut as a writer-director with Don Jon, a cultural critique of the expectations placed on relationships in an environment saturated with media misrepresentations of both women and men.
JGL. DTF. Sorta.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has teetered on being the Next Big Thing. He's finally there with 'Don Jon,' a grownups-only movie about addiction and compulsion in which he stars. He also wrote and directed this movie about a man's obsession with pornography.
This is a very funny, well-written film. Unlike most romantic comedies, it is both thought-provoking and introspective.
Very funny and with some social commentary, "Don Jon" is an admirable first effort for Gordon-Levitt behind the camera.
If Don Jon does not offer a lasting détente in the war of the genders, it does smartly delineate the gap between men's and women's respective fantasy lives.
It's difficult to rate a movie that doesn't really start until its last half hour.
An impressive debut as writer/director/star.
Don Jon has attitude, conveyed as much through the solid performances as it is through the director's unflinching approach to some complicated subjects.
I find it a film that's much easier to admire than actually like.
The fact that one can think of a movie about a guy hooked on porn as charming is high praise.
The screenplay is generally predictable in its story of redemption, and it doesn't have an ounce of subtlety.
Technology has enabled this Don to do what the original Don Juan may have ultimately wanted: to be pleasured alone, giving nothing of himself.
A romantic comedy with edge. Joseph Gordon Levitt makes an impressive writing and directing debut. Scarlett Johansson is terrific.
Gordon-Levitt has delivered a lively, timely, and decidedly adult look at love and sex that is both uncommonly mature for a first-time director and very fresh.
If you can handle the porn, go see this movie, if for nothing else than to experience how very talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt truly is.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has firmly cemented his place among Hollywood's elite.
It's Julianne Moore's character who most allows Don Jon to upgrade from being a humorous and perceptive movie about naughty Internet connections into a heartfelt and perceptive movie about necessary human connections.
Audience Reviews for Don Jon
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- Jon Martello: There's only a few things I really care about in life. My body. My pad. My ride. My family. My church. My boys. My girls. My porn.
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