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Light, quirky and fun
The beautiful Johnny Depp as an equally beautiful mental patient proves that romance is infectious even to Marlon Brando's burned out therapist.

Brando's character, Dr. Mickler, is about to retire after years of service in an institution. He is tired of the system and ambivalent about his upcoming retirement.

In comes Depp, as a young Don Juan, who is committed after an apparent suicide attempt.

During his quest to find out who the young man really is, Dr. Mickler finds a little magic of his own and sees what it means to really influence others in a positive way.

He DOES in the end find out who the mysterious Don Juan really is, and he is just who he claims to be, with a twist.

I thoroughly have enjoyed this movie. It's light and positive and has a great ending. Brando and Dunaway play their characters well and Depp is his usual sublime self.

The power of star power
With a weak script and often flat, boring storyline, this movie is actually really good due solely to the performances of the 3 leads, Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, and Faye Dunaway. Without their massive talents, this movie very well may not have made it onto video.
The movie revolves around a 21 year old man (Johnny Depp) who swears that he is the Don Juan from Byron's poem, having loved 1052 women and satisfied every last one of them. Of course, the only one who mattered rejected him, so he has decided to commit suicide. Phyciatrist Jack Michler (Brando) arrived on the scene to talk Don Juan off of the ledge is his on by pretending he is Don Octavio. Don Juan is brought to a menaal hospital where Michler has 10 days, due to the fact that he is retiring and must make a prognosis by then, to decided whether he believes Don Juan's story or not. The rest of the movie is split between Don Juan telling Dr. Michler the story of his life and Michler rekindling the romance with his wife, Marilyn (Dunaway)-due to the fact that Don Juan's romanicism is highly contageous.
Although the styoryline is nothing special, and the script is even less, the performances turned out by each lead is superb. Depp as the world's greatest lover is sweet and sentimental, looking and sounding (he is said to have fashioned his accent after Ricardo Montabond in "Fantasy Island") the part to perfection. Dunaway, although given a comparably smaller part than the others, gets everything she possibly can out of her screentime. The physical chemistry bwtween she and Brando is surprisingly great, as you really can believe they have been married for 30-someodd years. The real gem in this movie, however, is the great one himself. This performance is Brando at his best. He doesn't mugg through the movie (as with the Score) and he isn't off the walls eccentric (The Island of Dr. Moreau). His blue eyes have that boyish, mischevious twinkle they did so many years ago, and alhtough he is quite heavy, he does a good deal of moving around and full body shots compared to all other recent film appearances. No matter what his physical appearance is, Brando's facial exressions, subtle mannerisms and gestures, and most of all his humanity add so much to this mediocre film.
When you take 3 very talented entertainers and let them loose on an iffy script, Don Juan DeMarco is the end result. Bottom line, the actors seem to be having a great deal of fun playing off of one another (look for Brando and Dunaway's bed scenes for some great laughs and obvious improvisation)and anyone who enjoys any of the 3 leads should deffinatly see this film!!

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