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91
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
There's no great romantic climax to Don Juan DeMarco (and that may be a drawback for Depp lovers looking to swoon), but there is an airy delicacy to this tall tale that fits in perfectly with the weather these days, the hormones, the whole seasonal gestalt.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
What jump-starts the film is the casting of Johnny Depp as Don Juan and Marlon Brando as his shrink. They bring a playfully romantic touch to a drama that could have been dead weight in clumsier hands.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
The picture... is simple, sweet and elegantly written, and it benefits from the presence of Marlon Brando.
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75
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
Writer/director Jeremy Leven takes pleasure in clouding the division between what's real and what isn't, but he never stretches matters to such an extreme that Don Juan DeMarco is reduced to a mindless farce.
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70
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
It benefits not only from Mr. Brando's peculiar presence, but also from Johnny Depp, who again proves himself a brilliantly intuitive young actor with strong ties to the Brando legacy. The movie is cheesy, but its stars certainly are not.
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70
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
The movie, written and directed by Jeremy Leven, may not be one for the ages, but it's a pleasant, involving experience that intermixes fairy-tale romance with modern, deadpan comedy.
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70
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Washington Post Hal Hinson
[Leven] keeps the film's tone light and ingratiating. And, though the material is thin, the actors do seem to be getting a kick out of playing off each other.
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50
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Los Angeles Times Peter Rainer
Depp is rather sweet in portraying Don Juan's self-delusions, but his performance is hampered by the role.
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50
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Brando doesn't so much walk through this movie as coast, in a gassy, self-indulgent performance no one else could have gotten away with.
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50
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USA Today Mike Clark
The flashbacks, functional at best, aren't really the problem. Interminable one-on-one dialogues between the two male leads are. [7 Apr 1995, p.03.D]
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