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Don Jon

  • 2013
  • R
  • 1h 30m
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6.5/10
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Julianne Moore, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (2013)
Watch a TV spot for Don Jon.  A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
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A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

  • Director
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Writer
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Stars
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Julianne Moore
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    243K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,466
    506
    • Director
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Writer
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Stars
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Julianne Moore
    • 364User reviews
    • 372Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 27 nominations

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    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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    • Jon
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Barbara
    Julianne Moore
    Julianne Moore
    • Esther
    Tony Danza
    Tony Danza
    • Jon Sr.
    Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly
    • Angela
    Brie Larson
    Brie Larson
    • Monica
    Rob Brown
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    • Bobby
    Jeremy Luke
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    • Danny
    Paul Ben-Victor
    Paul Ben-Victor
    • Priest
    Italia Ricci
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    • Gina
    Lindsey Broad
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    • Lauren
    Amanda Perez
    Amanda Perez
    • Lisa
    Sarah Dumont
    Sarah Dumont
    • Sequins
    Sloane Avery
    Sloane Avery
    • Patricia
    Loanne Bishop
    Loanne Bishop
    • Barbara's Mom
    Arin Babaian
    • Bartender
    Arielle Reitsma
    • Pink
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    • Teacher
    • Director
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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    • Trivia
      Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote the part specifically for Scarlett Johansson, and was really happy when Johansson agreed to star in the movie.
    • Goofs
      (at around 22 mins) When Jon is driving, his speedometer is at 0 the entire time.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Don Jon: This fuckin' lady! Now I don't usually like it when a girl looks me right in the eye, and this girl does that a lot. But I don't know what it is about her, when she does it, I don't mind. I just look right back at her, and pretty soon, I'm hard as a fuckin' rock. It's like she knows what I'm thinkin', or I know what she's thinkin'. I don't know, it's a two-way thing. Fuckin' love it! And I don't mean love like, oh I love her or wanna marry her, definitely not thinkin' about all that shit. And she's not either... she can't. I guess I just mean love like, you know like... we're making love. And while we're doing it, all the bullshit does fade away, and it's just me and her right there, and yeah I do lose myself in her. And I can tell she's losing herself in me. And we're just fuckin'... lost together.

    • Alternate versions
      According to the Trivia link for this movie, the "Original cut of the film ran for 93 minutes on its Sundance premiere. When the film was given a wide release on September 2013, three minutes were cut from the film. Most of the removed materials were the porn videos Jon watches, some extended one night stand scenes and an extended first love scene between Barbara (Scarlet Johansson) and Jon."
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #22.7 (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Bout That Life
      Written by DeYon Dobson, L. Young (as Lawrence Young) and Antoine Vick

      Performed by Toine feat. L. Young

      Courtesy of Yon Ti Entertainment

    User reviews364

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    7/10
    Solid, hard to define indie satire which will make some very uncomfortable - EXCELLENT first directorial effort!
    Defining what kind of film this is had to be the hardest part of getting DON JON made, but ultimately it was worth it! It isn't really a "guy" film even though *technically* it tries to look at sex from a guy's perspective. It may actually best be called a "chick" flick, but one they would see alone rather than with a date. At the screening I saw, ALL the raucous laughter was coming from very obviously female voices - falling out of their chairs laughing over what they viewed as stereotypical male behavior - and even as the supposed "10" played by Scarlett Johansson reveals herself to be the kind of demanding (insert the word for a female canine here) who a very stupid - make that excessively immature - straight boy (like the one played with supreme élan by author/director Gordon-Levitt) would make a fool of himself over!

    The film heavily satirizes stereotypical straight New Jersey Catholics - the easily offended of which should probably stay away along with anyone who expects a slick date night romantic comedy that doesn't require them to THINK - but it IS a beautifully structured and polished first directorial effort and very funny in its way. Man or woman though, it is not your usual DATE film to see with the opposite sex. The litmus scene for the film was probably when Johansson (Barbara) confronts Gordon-Levitt (Jon) over watching porn! Foolishly trying to evoke simple reason, he (accurately) tells her that "EVERY guy watches porn - and that anyone who says he doesn't is lying." The theatre got absolutely quiet there for a moment in any section where dates were sitting, as each side wondered what the other was thinking. What YOU may think in that scene will determine a lot about how you view and react to the film. You may enjoy it regardless of what you think of that (for the film) core issue, but you sure won't want to see it with anyone who you can't comfortably talk about it with.

    The "home" scenes with Jon's family and Barbara's are probably excess baggage, but they give the central characters broad context (the broadest performance in a very stylized film is probably Tony Danza's performance as Jon's father) - and set up the one totally human moment in the film when Jon's silent sister defines what a good sibling should be when she finally has a line! Ultimately, there is one unexpected, rational woman (Julianne Moore giving a remarkable imitation of Susan Sarandon!) who Jon meets in the night class Barbara insists he take who not only "gets" him but broadens his horizons for the kind of growth any central character in a good film must have.

    Don't expect a pat happy ending or a cheap thought-free throw away comedy (and DON'T make it first date material with someone you don't know yet!), and the open minded will have a wonderful time. My take-away image is really of a few years ago at the first Broadway preview of a Tony winning musical called AVENUE Q. Just before it started, a student of mine at the university where I teach came over to introduce his mother who was seeing the show too, sitting in front of each other all the way over at the side. Midway through the show there was a very funny, very outrageous musical number called "You Can Be As Loud As You Want" (When You're making Love). I glanced over to see how my student and his mother were taking it and, as you can imagine, my student, sitting in front of his mother, was sinking onto the floor with embarrassment. What he *couldn't see* was his mother rocking with laughter both at the insouciance of the number and her son's embarrassment! I think my mother (who, as far as I know, probably doesn't approve of pornography) or my minister would be howling with laughter at DON JON too - but they probably wouldn't want anyone they knew to see them doing so.

    Recommended - but with noted reservations.
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    • Release date
      • September 27, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Facebook (Germany)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Don Jon's Addiction
    • Filming locations
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Voltage Pictures
      • hitRECord
      • HitRecord Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,477,704
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,677,009
      • Sep 29, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,439,355
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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