Monday, January 24, 2011

Movie #168 - Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco
1994 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 37 min
Director: Jeremy Leven
Starring: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway

A Johnny Depp movie I'd never seen... hooray!  And I liked this one a lot, too.  If you're not familiar with the premise, a mental patient thinks he's Don Juan, the world's greatest lover.  Is he really? Or is there a darker, sadder past he's covering up?  And does it matter?

Marlon Brando plays his psychiatrist, a man who needs to meet a patient like this and change his way of thinking, just before retiring.  Together, these two both find a happy common ground and everyone gets their happy ending.  It's sweet and romantic, and empowering. And if only they didn't play that "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" song throughout the whole movie, it would be perfect. 

I really can't believe I've had this movie all this time and never watched it before.  I guess this is what the movie wall project is all about, huh?

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