Promising

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2013)

Don Jon is in some way the comic version of Shame. The script tackles the subject of sex/porno addiction obviously in a lighter perspective than Steve McQueen's movie, trough two New Jersey guidos, Jon and Barbara.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt described with a lot of humour what is the sexuality and the way of consuming it nowadays for some men (and women). He particularly paid attention to the form of his first feature which varies depending on the three distinct acts composing the film. The editing is sharp and based on repeating — maybe a bit too much by the way — shots to show the character's evolution, and the soundtrack perfectly fits with those three parts.
Despite everything, the movie isn't exempt from flaws, it takes an unfortunate corny turn as soon as Julianne Moore's character Esther is (badly) introduced, and the ending is a bit too conventional and a bit too abrupt.
Nevertheless, for his first movie as writer and director, Joseph Gordon-Levitt did a pretty good job.