Don Jon

From Pillow Talk to pornography in three generations! In 1959, director Michael Gordon teamed Doris Day with Rock Hudson for a quintessentially innocent romantic comedy; now, his 32-year-old grandson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is the writer-director-star of an explicitly raunchy movie about a young man's cyber-sex addiction. Every Saturday night in New Jersey, hunky bartender Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt) picks up the most attractive woman in the bar for a one-night stand. But his real satisfaction comes from his laptop, loaded with pornography, in which he constantly indulges, confessing in church on Sunday and reciting his requisite penance of Hail Marys while pumping iron at the gym. And then he meets sexy, sassy, gum-smacking Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson), who has an idealized fantasy idea of Mr. Right. To please Barbara, Jon not only enrolls in night school but also takes her home to meet his parents (Tony Danza, Glenne Headly) and silently-texting sister (Brie Larson). Problem is: Jon cannot give up his porn habit. But that doesn't seem to bother unconventional classmate Esther (Julianne Moore), a lonely widow who introduces Jon to intimacy and sets him straight on what really counts. Gordon-Levitt deftly explores what makes romantic relationships tick here, distinguishing the difference between lust and love with bawdy, satirical frankness. Recommended. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include “HitRECord Short” online submissions (13 min.) and trailers. Exclusive to the Blu-ray release are a “making-of” featurette (7 min.), the production segments “Don Jon's Origin” (7 min.), “Themes and Variations” with composer Nathan Johnson (6 min.), “Joe's Hats!” with director and star Joseph Gordon-Levitt (5 min.), and “Objectified” (5 min.), and bonus DVD, digital, and UltraViolet copies of the film. Bottom line: a solid extras package for a raunchy but sweet rom-com.] (S. Granger)