Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s acting career has been loaded with
good choices. He has starred in unique twists on familiar genres with director
Rian Johnson, appeared in mammoth event films for Christopher Nolan, and even
his populist choices like the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer or the thriller Premium Rush have been pleasant exceptions to the rule. That’s why
I had high hopes (perhaps a bit too lofty) for his writing and directing debut Don Jon. It looked like another great
departure from the usual romantic film bullshit and that it might really have
something to say, being about a man who can’t make an intimate connection with
a woman because he’s far too enamored with Internet pornography.
