Don Jon (2013)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 179
Fresh: 145 | Rotten: 34
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: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 9
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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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
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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
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All Critics (179) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (145) | Rotten (34)
As a director, Gordon-Levitt demonstrates considerable technical flair through stylistic flourishes and coaxes great performances out of his co-stars.
Top CriticJoseph Gordon-Levitt turns the gym-tan-laundry routine into an art form with Don Jon, his vibrant and viciously profane directorial debut.
Offbeat, frank and often surprising gem.
The movie becomes increasingly soft-edged and sappy.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's debut as a writer-director-actor resembles a porn addict's Groundhog Day, and not in a good way.
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.
It's in movies like the ribald but surprisingly endearing sex comedy Don Jon that Gordon-Levitt has connected best with audiences.
Don Jon is no kind of resonating masterpiece, but it's intelligent, thoughtful, funny, and dedicated to the cause of finding a personality and sticking with him through the excess of his addictions.
Like Jon, the film could do with a stronger climax, but on the whole this is a very impressive debut from a very talented young man.
Thankfully, the women of the film are what save the movie, bringing something fresh to the table-for Jon, a chance at lasting love, and for us, some seasoned comic chops.
Wondering what exactly is revealed as a cure to Don Jon's addiction? Why, good sex, of course! Thanks, geniuses!
Gordon-Levitt is on top form, as is Johansson as the type of girl who only takes her gum out to eat.
Gordon-Levitt's confidence is appealing, even if the film itself mistakes redundancy for profundity.
The messages of the film are stark and genuine, much more so than one might expect having seen the promotional material.
A thoughtful, original and provocative feature-length directorial debut from Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
It gets harder and harder to support this passion for porn.
A film that should be compulsory viewing for all preteens, sexual content be damned, as it may just save them a lifetime of disappointment.
The entire movie seems to recalibrate and rebalance itself around [Moore], shifting convincingly into something more than a surface-heavy evocation of sterile on-screen onanism.
Alas, I didn't buy a word of it.
The end is satisfaction enough to justify the initially explicit means.
There's little here to care for or about: what promises to be a friskier version of Shame winds up closer to a Very Special Episode of Jersey Shore.
This certainly won't find a mainstream audience but it is fresh, well executed and entertaining.
Despite a contrived and sentimental ending, this is an entertaining riff on men and fantasy.
It's refreshing to see a movie so visually undemonstrative.
Starts mischievous and moves into maudlin.
With this writing-directing debut, Joseph Gordon-Levitt delivers a remarkably assured comedy-drama while also giving himself a role that's far against his usual type.
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- Jon Martello Sr.: Fuck you? Did you just say fuck me to me?
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- Barbara Sugarman: Movies and porn are different, Jon. They give awards for movies.
- Jon "Don Jon" Martello Jr.: They give awards for porn too.
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- Jon "Don Jon" Martello Jr.: Who'd you take home, huh?
- Danny: Twos and threes baby. I'm telling you, twos and threes are some open-minded ladies.
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- Danny: I don't like more than a handful of titty.
- Danny: Shit starts to remind me of my mom or something
- Bobby: Your do got some big-ass titties.
- Danny: Don't talk about my mother.
- Bobby: You brought up your mother.
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- Jon "Don Jon" Martello Jr.: This sound...gets me hard as a fucking rock.
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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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