My Body, My Pad, My Ride, My Family, My Church, My Boys, My Girls, My Joseph Gordon-Levitt

With a Trailer like this, there's really not a whole lot I need to say about Don Jon so let's just start here:

 I went to Don Jon for two reasons:

1.  My daughter insisted

2.  My other daughter insisted

 3.  It was my birthday so my arm really didn't need to be twisted too hard. 

Two of my daughters are IN LOVE with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  When I think of him, I just think of "Third Rock From The Sun" so I did not get it:

This was circa 1996.  Man am I old.  MAN were they right - look who is ALL grown up:

Hubba.  Hubba.

Go to this movie for the eye candy alone.  Not to mention JGL wrote it, directed it, and starred in it.  

And yes girls, you can take your SO.  For God's sake, Scarlett Johannson is his conquest:

This movie is so "naughty" I felt myself blushing in the dark theater - but at the same time it is one of the sweetest movies of the year. It is also one of the funniest. I absolutely loved it.  

Perfectly cast, we meet Jon Martello (a bartender?) winningly played by Mike The Situation--Er I mean Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In one of the funniest runs of the movie, Jon faithfully attends church to make his confession to his priest.  He then moves on to the gym where he times his workouts based on the number of "Hail Mary's" he has been assigned.  And sometimes this number can be high.  Not only does Jon have the pick of the bar-scene babes, he also has a dirty little secret.  An addiction to online porn.

Back to that perfect casting:  Enter Barbara Sugarman (played by the over-the-top sexy Scarlett Johannson).  It seems Don Jon has met his match.  He'll do about anything to make her happy - even swear off porn (apparently cell phone pics don't count)

Dutifully taking night classes to impress Barbara, Jon and his cell phone sneak peeks attract the attention of a Non-Trad named Esther (again - perfectly cast Julianne Moore).  I am gonna leave it at that.  This little twist sealed the deal for me.  Fantastic script.

Tony Danza plays Jon's father so convincingly, I might suggest the two men trace their family tree.  I wouldn't be surprised to see it connect somewhere.

The main story of the movie  - porn does for men what chick-flicks do for women - was something I hadn't given much thought to.  But once I started thinking about it, I couldn't believe how exactly right he got it.  It is the same damn thing.  I left there shaking my head...and wondering where beautiful men like Joseph Gordon-Levitt were when I was 25...or where I might sign up for my next night class.