I very much like Joseph Gordon Levitt, the actor. He’s been in some delightful movies. Don Jon was his feature-length debut as a director. He also stars as the titular Don a man who loves having sex with women, but actually kind of prefers sex with himself whilst watching pornography.

Scarlett Johansson stars as his eventual girlfriend who is addicted to the unreal lives she finds in romantic comedies. The film draws direct parallels from the unrealistic fantasies one finds in porn to the unrealistic fantasies one also finds in romantic comedies.

It is a pretty okay movie. The actors are good and it looks good, but it is too blunt with its themes and the ending feels way too easy.

You can read my full thoughts from 2013 here.