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THOUGHT PROVOKING
I enjoyed every minute of this movie. Brando was wonderful as usual but Johnny was as fantastic as usual. The man just has so much talent. It is well worth watching because you can learn from this movie.

Don Juan Demarco
"Don Juan Demarco" isn't a masterpiece and it's not bound to top a viewers Favorite Movies list...But it is a fun and enjoyable little movie that you can get for 5 bucks at your neighborhood Wal-Mart. The movie has a great cast with Oscar nominee Johnny Depp (Best Actor, 'Finding Neverland') and Oscar winners Marlon Brando (Best Actor, 'The Godfather') and Faye Dunaway (Best Actress, 'Network'). The movie opens with a man claiming to be Don Juan Demarco (Depp, of course), the world's greatest lover. He explains to us that he has had over a thousand women and the only one that rejected him is the only one that mattered. In that respect, he is going to kill himself...But not after one last conquest. After we watch Don Juan work his magic, we see him next atop a billboard and about to jump off. His suicide is brought to a halt when a psychiatrist named Jack Mickler (Brando) intervenes and then takes Don Juan to his care facility. The nurses are immediately smitten with the man, while most of the doctors fear treating him. After Jack begins treating Don Juan, we learn more about Don Juan's background and watch as he helps Jack rekindle his love with his wife Marilyn (Dunaway). Johnny Depp is perfectly cast as Don Juan; He's a charming actor that can play anyone, but this role is perfect for him. He plays it with the same charisma and flamboyancy that he later would lend to Captain Jack Sparrow.
Marlon Brando doesn't seem like the kind of person who would take a role like this unless he was in need of money, but he's actually quite good as well. Dunaway (who I hadn't seen in a movie made past the 70s) looks beautiful...
This is also the nicest character I think I've seen her play (the only other films I've seen with her in it were Network and Chinatown). One of the big things that make this film so good is that by the end of the film, you don't really care if Don Juan really is Don Juan. Some films are incapable of giving you that mindset, but this film pulls it off. As I said, it's no cinematic masterpiece but it's one of those movies that Saturday nights were tailor-made for.

GRADE: A


A for Johnny
All I have to say is - Johnny Depp is too damn good!!!!

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