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Crazed Romantics.
BENNY AND JOON stars Mary Stuart Masterson as the mentally unbalanced pyro, Joon; Aidan Quinn as her caretaking brother, Benny; and Johnny Depp as the illeterate vagabond, Sam. Benny has been taking care of Joon since their parents died in a car crash. However, he has reached a breaking point. Then Joon wins Sam after loosing a poker bet. Kind of wierd, huh? Anyway, Joon and Sam fall in love and that leads to complications for Benny. Enough plot summary.

This is not a fascinating film on mental illness. Other than the unusual lives of the characters, this movie boils down to a basic romantic comedy, cliches and all. However, the tribute to the classic physical comedy of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin along with the movies' meaningful, memorable music, make this film a cut above the average and worth watching.

Good!!!
Benny & Joon is a good movie, it's a mixture of comedy and drama and is about a mentally ill young woman named Joon played by Mary Stuart Masterson (Fried Green Tomatoes) who lives in the care of her caring but overprotective older brother Benny played by Aidan Quinn (Desperately Seeking Susan). The gorgeous and talented Johnny Depp (What's Eating Gilbert Grape) does a wonderful job playing Sam the eccentric younger brother of Benny's friend and Benny is not to happy when Sam and Joon fall in love because he worries that Joon won't be able to handle it. This is a good movie and I recommend it.

Different perspectives are not a bad thing
So many people seem to think that if someone sees the world differently, or skewed off from the accepted (i.e; "normal") idea of how it should be viewed , that that is a bad thing. This is not true. This story is one of the best to illustrate that. Joon is a mentally "imbalanced" woman who is taken care of by her brother, Benny. One day a new person comes into their lives, an odd young man named Sam (Johnny Depp; in one of his few comedy roles) who, by falling in love mutually with Joon, poses both a threat and a challenge to Benny, who up til then has had total control of his sister. He does not realize that Sam is anything more than a housekeeper until the unthinkable (to him) happens and he finds that Sam and Joon have, in falling in love, also had sex. He begins to lose control. I could tell more, but then there would be no incentive for you to see it. But I will say this: You won't be dissapoited if you see this movie, and if you watch it with an open frame of mind. Enjoy.

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