A bit of Family fun

So what if it’s , , and whoever else – The Family really isn’t worth it. It’s supposed to be funny (I’m assuming) – it’s not really that funny, and I’m not just saying it’s not because it’s a ‘black/dark’ comedy. Try Eating Raoul instead.  It’s easy to see how it was supposed to be very good and funny, but everything is just a little bit off all the time here.

The Family

Don Jon

Don Jon

Maybe the cleverness of Don Jon is not in the film itself?

It’s not as bad as some say, unfortunately it’s also not as good as some reviews say and many of us would have liked to have hoped for. If you have to watch a film by an actor turned director/Writer and casting himself in the lead role, I’d suggest Buffalo ’66, which on some levels may be a bit more simplistic, and on many levels, may appear somewhat more likeable than , although probably not as Don Jon. But if I had to choose one of these two to watch again, I know which I’d watch and which I wouldn’t even if I didn’t really have a choice.

That said, don Jon isn’t complete waste of time and has it’s moments. Great cast, including , who does an ok job, and so do the rest, and maybe try to steal the show a little bit, and the caricaturistic or stereotypical nature of many of the characters is slightly annoying. The script appears to be written by the book with a decent structure and plot points and all; a few twists etc., but nothing amazing. Apart from being the first feature written and directed by a young guy who’s at least a decent actor and pretty good at a lot of things he does…

If you want to pick a film, go for Looper, or better yet, 50/50, maybe even (500) Days of Summer. If it’s you’re after, Lost in Translation is an obvious choice but there’s a few others to try before this one… For Julianne Moore, I’m not sure there’s much point trying to list all the films here that are better than this, but I liked The Kids Are All Right a lot.