Don Jon

TAKE 1: One Man’s Opinion

…because film is largely subjective

    

by Frederick William Springer III

Don Jon

Release Date:  27 September 2013                                                Runtime:  90 Minutes              

Review Date:  21 November 2013                                                 Rating:  3 (of 6)

 

      I'm a fan of Joseph Levitt-Gordon.  While this role showcases his range as an actor, his writing/directing debut is one which you need not see.

     In fact, the only highlight of Don Jon--the most exciting part--was when Jon takes a date to the movie theater and I realized that they were standing in the lobby of the very theater which I was viewing the movie!  But that's an experience that is unique to me and a handful of other audience members that attended the film's limited run at Valley Plaza 6.

     Off-putting, was the accent that continually is purported in film and television as being from NJ.  This is not any more a Jersey accent than the cast of Jersey Shore are authentic inhabitants of the state.  The majority of them were from Staten Island and elsewhere in New York, which is probably where that accent incorrectly identified as belonging to New Jersey is imported from.

     As someone from NJ, and many like me, no one knows where I'm from and are very surprised to learn my first 26 years were spent in that state.  Because we don't have accents!