There have not been many adult comedies that are
clear in head, certain in content & honest in effort to make you laugh with
the real-to-the-core wit and also feel for the hearty participation of its characters
in making it a not-so-regular adult joke book. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not a new name in need of any
introduction but with his directorial début in romantic-sex-comedy ‘DON JON’,
he definitely earns another feather in his cap. ‘DON JON’ is real, honest,
witty, emotional and matured enough to talk firmly & unhesitatingly about ‘grown
up’ issues covered under the sheet till now.
Jon [Joseph
Gordon-Levitt himself] is any
young blood who loves his life more than anything. The space he lives in, the
bed he sleeps on, his regular workouts in gym, the church time on every Sunday with
family, his friends, his car and anything that you can think of, for a self-centered
man like him but what makes him out of the league is his self-acceptance of the
fact that he loves watching porn. With enough reasons and grounds of his own,
he just believes in and enjoys the idea of masturbation while watching sleazy
sex-clips on porn-sites, even if there is a girl in his bed to give him the
real pleasure.
Things don’t pay any favor when one day his bossy girlfriend
[the lovely Scarlett Johansson
playing bitchy here] - a fairytale romance believer, catches him sticky dirty
handed enjoying what he enjoys the most. Now, Jon has to compromise with his
likings if he really wants to make it all good in his ‘true love’ relationship
but is he ready? What about his new bonding with the much experienced and more thorough
in life-lessons Esther, played by enigmatic Julianne Moore? Will he be able to
learn-unlearn few things from her??
From the opening title
sequence falling in between while surfing channels on TV to the montages showing
the monotonous routine in his life-hours to the intercuts between porn clips &
real life illustrating what mental state he’s in to, film impresses with the
story-telling techniques big time. The fresh approach to be simple but straight
in your face is very well communicated. The humor comes easy with the writing
and in situations that fall apart out of nowhere. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
looks every part of the character played by him, who can be very sure of one
thing but completely clueless in impulse. Scarlett in her portrayal of a dominating-typical
girlfriend material impresses. Her igniting presence on screen clearly pays
off. Julianne Moore brings the sensitivity & sensibility factor in the account.
There are also some delightful cameos to raise your heartbeats [Channing Tatum & Anne Hathaway
is one of them].
With
an unsullied writing hand and impressive directional skills, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
creates an amusingly witty adult comedy that is best enjoyed if you do dare to
accept things as they are in real. Not for ones who are adults but still think
of sex as a cultural taboo to talk, to show & to entertain. Thoroughly enjoyable!!
[3/5]
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