Great Start but Poor Ending

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2014)

The story is about Don Jon who is a lady-killer and a porn addict, and now he tries to settle down and to be in a relationship with a beautiful and sexy girl, Barbara Sugarman. In the first act, the audience understands why he loves porn because he explains the differences between porn and real sex, which I personally can say it's mostly true, and honestly it's one of the best part of the movie. The movie also brings out some truth about the modern relationships, and I have to admit that JGL has done a great job showing them; such as, the stupid arguments or how someone can be so selfish in a relationship. JGL also brings out some really great side points to the story that perhaps not a lot of people would care or mind these days; great examples of them would be a Hardee's/Carl's Jr commercial that shows how women are being used as products for everything these days, and her sister is being constantly on her cell phone – I personally dated someone like that and she was using her phone on the first date, which I was close to either walk away or throw her phone away! Regarding the performances, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, and Glenne Headly all deliver solid performances - Headly performance stood up the most to me. The problem for me is the third act and how the story ends, the main reason is the relationship of Julian Moore and JGL, it is forced or even unrealistic – at least that's how I felt it. Both of them have charming characters individually but how they're bonded is unsatisfying to me. I explain it below in details; because it might contain some spoilers to some people.
(SPOILER ALERT) So as I mentioned, Don Jon explains why porn is better than real sex very clearly and specifically in details. Therefore, I don't see him quitting porn after being in relationship with Esther, and to me it's unclear if she cares about it or not. I also don't see Esther sleeping with Don Jon after a few short conversations that overall lasted less than 10 minutes - which is why I felt it was forced. In my opinion, it would be much better if Esther was a therapist and caught JGL watching porn in a library or a café shop, and then tries to convince and help him through therapy sessions. That way they could get more serious about porn addiction and its struggles. The conclusion of Don Jon shows that you just need to fall in love and your porn addiction will stop without any problems.
Overall, I think JGL has done a good job on directing this "dramedy", I just wish the ending wasn't disappointing. I give it 7/10.