“Don Jon” is an ambitious but
unfortunately unsuccessful effort by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt to expand his
talents and capabilities by assuming the role of both writer and director in addition
to playing the lead character. This is a film about an otherwise normal middle
class guy who is addicted to watching porn on the internet and how it impacts
and affects his other relationships. The film also stars Scarlett Johannson and
Juliana Moore and a miscast Tony Danza as these actors struggle to make sense of this thin
script and average direction, What could have been an interesting and
insightful excursion into the mind and attitude of a porn addict becomes
nothing more than a light overview of this potentially thought provoking
subject. I give the film 2 stars and
suggest that if something else is playing at the same time you are going to
attend the movie, see the other film.
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