Don Jon (2013) on Netflix
Jon Martello, a New Jersey bartender, chases women on weekends but prefers the porn he watches alone. He meets Barbara Sugarman, who insists on a serious relationship before anything else.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.5/10256,357 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
Jon Martello works as a bartender in New Jersey and fills his days with the gym, his apartment, his 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, church with his family, casual sex, and pornography. His friends call him Don Jon because he pulls women every weekend without fail, yet he prefers porn to any of them. At a nightclub he meets Barbara Sugarman, who refuses a one-night stand and wants a serious relationship. She has him enroll in an evening community college class and share her taste in romance films, which he calls fantasy. His parents take to her at once and hope for a wedding.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Don Jon (2013)
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- Don Jon was originally certified NC-17 in the United States because of the explicit pornography the main character watches, so Gordon-Levitt removed some of the more graphic scenes to qualify for an R, fearing the rating would make people think the movie was about pornography.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt began writing notes for Don Jon in 2008; Rian Johnson gave him feedback and reviewed several cuts, while Christopher Nolan cautioned him against both directing and starring in the film because of the extra challenges it would bring.
- Gordon-Levitt credited his experience directing short films for his media group HitRecord with teaching him what he needed to know to make Don Jon, and said he hopes to make films in a more collaborative way in future.
