Don Jon (DVD)

Don Jon the movie is more, or less a film about the habitual nature of healthy and unhealthy sexual relationships. Jonny, who is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes the lead role of a troubled young man who gets his jollies off by watching porn on a daily basis. Porn to him is a way to lose himself completely, and in his own opinion is much better than the real deal. After meeting a girl named Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) at a local nightclub though his life of one night stands, and porno watching is turned topsy-turvy. Jonny ends up coming to the realization that porn isn't exactly as great as it seems, and that there's more to a relationship than just one-sided sexual desire. During a chance meeting with a much older female classmate (Julianne Moore) Jonny finds a way out of his addictive behavior, and begins to understand the meaning of true love/true love making. Both Jonny, and this MILF acquaintance find much needed comfort in each others company, and in a haphazard sort of way solve each others life issues at the same time. Through repeated visits with friends, the church clergy, and his new found MILF lover the points of lust, and love are driven home in a repetitive fashion that will definitely seem very understandable to a lot of people in the real world. As humans we'll find as Jonny did that not everything is as perfect as the adult film performers portray it to be, and that not everything is less than perfect when it comes to true love/love making. This is what I believe to be the message that director Joseph Gordon-Levitt obviously tried to send to his audience.

As a man of porn myself I found the movie both entertaining, and educational. The actor turned director hits on points that are very valid, and very real in this world of today. Often times we as growing individuals get lost in the glamorous fantasies of life only to lose touch with reality. I for one can tell you that porn is nothing but a show put on by performers just as it was portrayed in this movie. I think that in the end Joseph Gordon-Levitt hit the nail on the head with this movie's plot several times over, and that even though it is filled with vast amounts of profanity, and lewd behavior it's a morally good movie for those who are seeking the truth about love, and lust. If you are looking for a down to earth, and relatable movie about such things then you will most definitely find it here. While I would not suggest this movie for anyone under the age of 18 for obvious reasons it could probably pass as a somewhat educational flick for those older horny high school teens in your life (I'm talking to the parents out there). I think the message is delivered well enough that even the most sex addicted teen will find things in common with the main characters, and their moral issues, and will in turn find the inspiration that they need to become a real man/woman.

VERDICT: "5 happy endings out of 5"

- Brad (OtakuDante) -