Benny And Joon (DVD) Reviews
Description:Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1993 / Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik / Actors: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson ... more
Benny And Joon (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 23 July, 2001 at MGM Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Longing for a romantic Hollywood film that will make your heart leap but not have you reaching for the sick bucket? Try Benny & Joon. Few mainstream US films manage to walk the thin line between emotion and schmaltz, but here is one film that pulls it off admirably. In the wrong hands the concept of marrying love and mental illness could have been a disaster but, as with the low-budget British film Some Voices, Benny & Joon manages to extract genuine humour and warmth from the subject. As the brother and sister of the title, the relationship between Aidan Quinn and Mary Stuart Masterson is central to the story, Benny desperately trying to keep home and job together while looking after the sick Joon. Their lives take an unexpected turn with the arrival of Sam, a brilliantly comic turn by Johnny Depp, as gradually the characters learn that the happiness that all thought beyond them is within their grasp. Depp adds yet another character to his liturgy of slightly odd outsiders but plays it with such panache, this time drawing heavily on Buster Keaton, that you cannot help but fall for him. Indeed, there is not a single character here that you would not wish well. On the DVD: The usual scene selection and a very clear audio track, given the film's musical moments a huge boost. Few will probably be able to resist The Proclaimers' "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" which opens the film. Excellent picture quality too. --Phil Udell
Newest Review: ... any of the house keepers he employs to keep an eye on her and he is at his wits end. Her doctor is trying to convince him ... more
... that the right thing would be to have her placed in a home where she will get constant care but Benny needs time to think about it.
One day they find they have acquired a new lodger, namely Sam (Depp) who they win in a poker game. He is the odd ball cousin of one of Benny's friends. When he comes to stay Joon's life changes forever as she finds his funny ways so appealing and they strike up a romance.
In the mean time Benny himself is falling for Ruthie (Moore), the woman who works in the local cafe and tries t...more
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Customer Benny And Joon (DVD) Reviews (7)
by - written on 24/05/10, updated on 24/05/10 (Very useful, 170 readings)
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The title is a great line from the film! Can you believe it? Benny and Joon is now 17 years old. That means I was just 2 ½ when it was released! Feel old? Before today I'd never seen this film, although heard much about its great reputation. But lately, I've been gradually coaxing out past Johnny Depp films from the lovely Amazon (the website, not the rainforest - it's not quite that good a film!) and up cropped Benny and Joon. Plot Benny and Joon are brother and sister. Benjamin (a few years Juniper's senior) cares for her as she has an undefined mental illness. Joon's eccentricity is rather exaggerated at ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/05/01, updated on 17/02/05 (Very useful, 325 readings)
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You know, I've always loved Johnny Depp's films. Not just because he's so very droolsome (if that's not a word, it should be), but because he's simply an excellent actor. And his little offering in "Benny & Joon" proves the point to me yet again. I wouldn't say this is his best role, but it's certainly (for me anyway) one of his most compelling performances. I'll explain why in a moment. The story centres around Benny and Joon (of course). Benny is a mechanic and a very tired one at that. The reason being he also looks after his younger sister, Joon. Benny takes his responsibility to his younger, but still ... Read the complete review
by - written on 15/06/10 (Very useful, 50 readings)
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The film called Benny and Joon came out in 1993 and it stars Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn and Julianne Moore. It is a romantic comedy and is well worth a watch. I watched the film on the tv so this is just a review of the film itself. The story is about a man called Benny Pearl (Quinn) who lives with and looks after his mentally sick sister Joon (Masterson). He is having problems looking after her as he needs someone to be with her all the time as he fears for her safety when left alone, but Joon doesn't get on with any of the house keepers he employs to keep an eye on her and he is at his wits end. Her doctor is trying to convince ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/05/10 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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Benny and Joon is a surprisingly good little comedy film that is well worth hunting down as it is an entertaining watch. Benny and Joon are brother and sister and Joon who is the younger of the two is mentally handicapped so Benny always has to care for and look out for his sister. When Joon loses a bet with one of their friends Mike, Joon has to look after his cousin Sam. This is a film all about relationships as at the same time Benny is desperate to start a relationship with Ruthie however this is made difficult as he feels that he cannot abandon Joon to survive on her own as she has a tendency to do rather strange things that could put her safety at ... Read the complete review
by - written on 16/09/08 (Useful, 34 readings)
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I brought this film for the sole reason that Johnny Depp was in it! But I fell in love with the film after I had watched it! Its a beautiful and inspirational story of two very extraordinary people falling in love. Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) plays a mentally ill woman who is being faced with being put in a home by her older brother who is at the end of his tether. That is until she finds Sam (Johnny Depp) and they fall in love! But Joons brother has something to say about the situation and understandably goes off the rails. Sam tries to sort things out but doesn't fully understand the situation himself and things go very wrong. Can they be together despite ... Read the complete review
