They discuss her expectations, which he asserts were unattainable, and she tells him not to call her again.Īlthough she is considerably older and neither of them has any interest in marriage, Jon and Esther happily begin dating and lose themselves when being intimate. Jon meets with Barbara and apologizes for lying to her. While his parents are upset, his sister Monica bluntly tells him that Barbara's demands showed that she wanted to date someone who allowed her to control him. Jon tells his family about the breakup with Barbara. The intimacy of this moment deepens their emotional connection, and Jon experiences truly satisfying sex for the first time in his life. After suggesting they take a bath together, Jon finds Esther crying in the hall and she reveals that her husband and son died in a car crash just fourteen months prior. They continue having casual sex and Esther expresses the belief that Jon enjoys sex alone because he has not found a real intimate connection with a romantic partner and focuses merely on his own satisfaction. Esther persuades Jon to try masturbating without porn, but he is unable to. She asks why he loves porn so much, and he reveals that he wants to get lost in sex, but cannot do that with a partner. She teases him about watching this type of video, but he brushes her off.īefore the next class Esther shocks Jon by handing him an erotic video which she believes has a healthier depiction of sex, and after class they wind up having sex in her parked car. Their relationship resumes, with Jon concealing his habit from Barbara as it becomes an addiction.Īfter class, Jon catches Esther – a middle-aged classmate – weeping by herself, and when she sits next to him just before the next class to explain herself, she catches him watching porn on his cell phone. Barbara catches Jon watching porn, but he manages to convince her that it was a joke email sent by a friend. He considers her body perfect, but still finds porn more satisfying. Jon and Barbara finally have sex, but he is still dissatisfied. They meet each other's friends and families, and Jon's parents are immediately smitten by Barbara. Barbara encourages Jon to take a nighttime community college class to obtain a career outside the service industry, and he indulges her love of romance films, which he usually dismisses as fantasy. Their relationship proceeds over a month and without sex. There is mutual attraction, but she insists on a long-term courtship and demands that he always be honest. Finding her on Facebook, Jon invites Barbara to lunch. Despite heavy flirting, she declines his offer for a one-night stand. While at a nightclub with his two best friends, Jon becomes enamored with Barbara Sugarman, a beautiful young woman from an affluent background. Though he enjoys sex, he is more satisfied by masturbating to hardcore pornography. He enjoys his independent life, which consists of working out, caring for his apartment, driving his 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, going to church with his family, and engaging in a casual sex life. Jon Martello is a young Italian-American and modern-day Don Juan living in New Jersey. The film grossed $41 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics. The film premiered under its original title Don Jon's Addiction at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2013, and was released in the United States on September 27, 2013. The film stars Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, and Julianne Moore, with Rob Brown, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson, and Tony Danza in supporting roles. Don Jon is a 2013 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in his feature directorial debut.
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