History Film / DonJon

* VisualPun: The opening title of ''Don Jon'' slowly blurs and literally blinks out. Huh, [[ADateWithRosiePalms what other activities supposedly make us go blind?]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: A central focus of the plot is on Jon's habits of watching porn, to which he masturbates.

''Don Jon'' (formerly titled ''Don Jon's Addiction'') is a 2013 RomanticComedy starring Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, who also wrote and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] the film. Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/TonyDanza, Creator/GlenneHeadly, and Creator/BrieLarson also star.

* ChivalrousPervert: Jon. [[AllMenArePerverts Addicted to]] [[TheInternetIsForPorn porn]]? Treats women like object? Yet has sense 'what is right' around them? Check.

** The bizarre scene where she refuses to let him pick up some [[spoiler:Swiffer pads and clearly doesn't want him doing housework at all]] may count too.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Jon's porn-watching habits are a central focus of the plot.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of romantic comedies in general. Also, within the movie, Jon realizes that romantic movies distort women's expectations of what romantic relationships should be in a similar way to how porn distorts sex for men.
* DoubleEntendre: Right before the JizzedInMyPants moment explained below, Barbara tells Jon "I can't let you [[StealthPun come]] inside yet." In other words, Barbara is telling him that, until they take their relationship to the next level, that's the furthest he's going to get.

* JizzedInMyPants: This happens to Jon after he and Barbara engage in some [[GRatedSex dry-humping]] outside her apartment door. [[spoiler:We later see this isn't the first time something like that has happened to Jon]].

* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:When Barbara finds out about Jon's porn habits, not only is she extremely upset about all of the content in his history, but she says that erasing everything would've made him "a good little phony", implying [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption she would've made a similar scene and possibly left him either way.]]]]

* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:When Barbara confronts him over his porn habits, Jon points out that she's just as obsessed with romantic comedies as he is with pornography.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Barbara]]''': [[spoiler:Movies and pornos are different, Jon! They give ''awards'' for movies!]]\\

* SexinessScore: Jon got his nickname of "Don Jon" due to being a major ChickMagnet that scores with "10s" [[TheCasanova all the time]].

* MaleGaze: The camerawork throughout the movie.

* RealMenWearPink: Jon has a lot of pride in keeping his home clean.

* ExtremeLibido: Jon, who has a case of satyriasis, the DistaffCounterpart of nymphomania for women.

While his friends nickname him [[TitleDrop "Don Jon"]] for his ability to pull "10s" every weekend without fail, even the finest flings don't compare to the bliss he achieves alone watching porn. When he meets the gorgeous Barbara (Johansson), he thinks he's found what he's always looked for -- the perfect 10. But as their relationship develops, Jon's attachment to porn proves a major roadblock, and he's forced to ask himself what he really wants out of a relationship and out of his life.

* [[HenpeckedHusband Henpecked Boyfriend]]: Jon becomes this to Barbara.

* MsFanservice: Barbara, all the way. It also helps that she's played by Scarlett Johansson.

* SecondLove: Jon's relationship with [[spoiler:Esther seems to work out better than the first one]].
* TheSilentBob: Jon's sister Monica.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Jon describes himself as working in the "service sector"; as a bartender. Though many scenes take place in nightclubs, Jon is never seen behind the counter.

* BookEnds: Both the very beginning and end of the film involve a monologue from Jon about something that makes him "hard as a fucking rock" and able to get away from his problems. At the start, it's porn, but at the end, [[spoiler:it's the true emotional connection he has with Esther]].

* LikesOlderWomen: [[spoiler:After breaking up with Barbara, Jon hooks up with Esther,]] who is much older than him.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:When Barbara confronts him over his porn habits, Jon points out that she's just as obsessed with romantic comedies as he is with pornography.]]

%%* ChivalrousPervert: Jon. [[AllMaleAreLustful Addicted to]] [[TheInternetIsForPorn porn]]? Treats women like object? Yet has sense 'what is right' around them? Check.

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: [[spoiler:Barbara walks in on Jon pleasuring himself while watching porn. She isn't pleased]].

* BookEnds: Both the very beginning and end of the film involves a monologue from Jon about something that makes him "hard as a fucking rock" and able to get away from his problems. At the start, it's porn, but at the end, [[spoiler:it's the true emotional connection he has with Esther]].

# [[RealMenLoveJesus His church]]

* MsFanservice: Barbara, all the way.

* TheCameo: Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/ChanningTatum as characters in the romance film that Jon and Barbara go to see at the movies. Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Megan Good likewise appear as characters in yet another romantic movie that Jon and Barbara watch.

* ClicheStorm: InUniverse, the by-the-numbers RomanticComedy ''Special Someone'', which Barbara eats up. Watching too many of these is how she got her decidedly one-sided view on how relationships work.

** Jon Sr. tosses out f-bomb after f-bomb.

* ExtremeLibido: Jon, who has a case of Satyriasis, the DistaffCounterpart of Nymphomania for women.

* MaleGaze: The camera work throughout the movie.
* MeaningfulEcho: In both monologues at the very beginning and end of the film, Jon talks in length about how "all the bullshit fades away", [[spoiler: with the first instance referring to when he masturbates to porn, while the second instance refers to the way Jon feels when he is with Esther, highlighting his {{Character Development}}]].

** PlayedForDrama with Jon losing his cool on the way to Sunday Church and Confessional. Most of the time, he just curses the other driver out, but after the breakup with Barbara, he walks up to and busts the window of a Prius. [[spoiler:After making love with Esther, he sings along with a dance music song on the way to church.]]

** A visual RunningGag is the repeated shots of Jon strutting down the gym hallway towards the weight room. In the final such shot, he stops and instead goes into the basketball court.

''Don Jon'' (formerly titled ''Don Jon's Addiction'') is a 2013 RomanticComedy starring Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, who also wrote and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] the film. The film also stars Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/TonyDanza, Creator/GlenneHeadly, and Creator/BrieLarson.

Jon Martello, Jr. (Gordon-Levitt) is a modern-day Literature/DonJuan who loves his body, his pad, his [[CoolCar ride]], his family, [[RealMenLoveJesus his church]], his [[HeterosexualLifePartner boys]], his [[TheCasanova girls]] and, most especially, his porn. When he meets the gorgeous Barbara (Johansson), he thinks he's found what he's always looked for - the perfect 10. But as their relationship develops, Jon's fondness for porn proves a major sticking point. And eventually, Jon is forced to ask himself what he really wants out of a relationship and out of his life.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: Both Jon and Barbara are guilty of this in varying degrees. [[spoiler:Jon gets better about it; Barbara doesn't.]]

* BookEnds: Both the very beginning and end of the film involves a monologue from Jon which greatly contrast each other in tone.
* BoyMeetsGirl: Deconstructed in the [[ShowWithinAShow movie-within-movie]] ''Special Someone'' which Jon and Barbara watch at the cinema and in which the two leads meet in the street and experience a LoveAtFirstSight moment.

* BlackBestFriend: Bobby is this to Jon.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Jon's sister spends the dinner scenes checking her phone and throwing annoyed looks at her parents and her brother, it's until [[spoiler:the family argument over the breakup]] that she finally speaks up, proving herself to be remarkably insightful.

''Don Jon'' (formerly titled ''Don Jon's Addiction'') is a 2013 RomanticComedy starring Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, who also wrote and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] the film. The film also stars Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/TonyDanza, Glenne Headly, and Creator/BrieLarson.

''Don Jon'' (formerly titled ''Don Jon's Addiction'') is a 2013 RomanticComedy starring Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, who also wrote and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] the film. The film also stars Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/JulianneMoore, Creator/TonyDanza, Glenne Headly, and Brie Larson.