Don Jon- A Pleasant Surprise

Rating: 9/10 (18 September 2017)

I am a teenager, or at least at the time of writing this review I am. I also have an addiction to porn, though not as severe as the lead character Don of this movie. I watched it was I thought this movie was made for someone like me. I wasn't disappointed, but what shocked me was that how good this movie turned out to be.
I was aware of the fact that porn gives a very unrealistic portrayal of sex, but I didn't know that it could be so overwhelming that you could actually like porn more than real sex. I loved the character, Jon. His daily life may not be exactly relatable to me, but his problems feel real. The struggles he went through and the lessons he learnt at the end of the movie would provide a great help to me the rest of my life. And that's why this movie is so amazing- it sticks to its subject and doesn't leave you in a cliffhanger.
Scarlett Johansson looks stunning as Barbara, and you might actually start to like her, but that's a trap our man falls into. She shines in her role. Joseph Gordon Levitt has done a stupendous job both as the actor and the director. The film holds my interest throughout its entire run, but maybe that's just me. Julianne Moore was the cherry on the cake, and so were Jon's father and sister.
Overall, I'd recommend it to anyone be it a male or a female, teenager or an adult. The film isn't offensive and does justice to its topic.