There's more to life than a happy ending.
| Cast |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson, Rob Brown |
| Director |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
| Screenplay | Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
| Music | Nathan Johnson |
| Cinematography | Thomas Kloss |
| Editing | Lauren Zuckerman |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| SA distributor | Ster-Kinekor |
| Made in | 2013 |
| Produced by | Voltage Pictures, HitRecord Films, Ram Bergman Productions |
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| Genre | Comedy, drama |
| Language | Frequent, strong impact |
| Nudity | Frequent, moderate (sexual context) |
| Sex | Frequent, strongly implied, intense |
| Violence | Low impact: one road rage |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild, infrequent |
| Drug abuse | Low impact, alcohol, weed (social context) |
| Comments | Complex, mature and strong impact. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 18 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
| Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Stephanie Merry  Comedy morphs into incisive satire. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Crude, repetitive and rigorously single-minded, the writing lays it on. The few points the film has to make are underlined time and again. | 5 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers  Gordon-Levitt won't take safe for an answer. So Don Jon tends to stumble as it finds its feet. Still, you leave this movie feeling had at instead of had. The experience is elating. Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/don-jon-20130926#ixzz2pvnUBZTI Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook | 18 | |
| ScreenIt T. Durgin Don Jon is one of those films where you pat a guy like Gordon-Levitt on the back, commend him for his effort, but then hope that he can build on the positives and deliver with his NEXT film. | 9 | |
| Metacritic.com 42 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 172 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Don Jon proves to be an amiable directing debut for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and a vivacious showcase for his co-star, Scarlett Johansson. | 16 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics  | 14 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 64896 Netizens Sex, love and pornography. | 14 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 | |