Don Jon (2013), Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3.5/ 5
When I first saw the trailer for this film I instantly lost interest thinking this was going to be one more mainstream comedy about a lothario who finds love in the typical romantic comedy style. When I first started watching it I was still a little dubious, but it's humorous style in editing, use of voice over and sound captured my interest pretty quickly. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jon plays a really convincing womaniser stepping away from his traditional hipster romantic type cast role. Instead he embraces this role of a nice guy who loves porn and explores his relationships with women. For the most part it's pretty accurate about relationships and it's pretty funny. It was great to see Scarlett Johansson and Gordon-Levitt play across from each other in these different roles. The way they play these Italian-American style characters really reminded me of The Sopranos even down to specifically Tony and Carmella, but of course there wasn't the same depth of development. Showing the frustrations of being in a committed relationship in a genuine way, that isn't arduous, but is instead are funny. You really find yourself on Jon's side for a lot of the movie and it's interesting to see his story arc. Especially since unlike other movies there's no montage of the token supporting characters story lines about their relationships. Instead it's really solidly focused on Jon's arc which is great. For the most part I thought it was pretty sex positive in this movie, but I found the ending to be a little too neat and brought into cliche somewhat and returned to a somewhat sex negative approach. Overall this is a pretty funny film that deals with some interesting issues, and while it isn't a deep drama it was very enjoyable to watch.
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