I've seen it several times and I absolutely loved every minute if it! It is that kind of film that brings the smile back on your face and the conviction that the love is appropriate in every moment of each one's life!

Continuing my plan to watch every Johnny Depp movie in order, I come to Don Juan De Marco (1994)Depp's performance is a must see. In Edward Scissorhands, Benny & Joon and What's Eating Gilbert Grape he showed the talent an actor needs to slip into the darkness of the soul and find comedy there. Like both of those films, this one deals with mental illness: Depp plays a character who is convinced he is Don Juan, the world's greatest lover. He gets other people to believe it, too, in dialogue that maybe only Depp could have delivered it, with his big soulful, expressive eyes. He must be one of the few actors who can get away with sincerely speaking the dialogue in this movie, dressed like he is, but he does. Like with Edward Scissorhands and Benny & Joon he is both touching and more importantly totally convincing. Brando sleepwalks through this movie on autopilot in a bloted, self-indulgent performance, mumbling his dialogue so badly its often inaudible, no one else could have gotten away with this performance. In the 50's he proved he can be one of the best actors in movie history, by the time he phoned this one in, he was proving he could be one of the worst. When he is told "You've been phoning it in for ages now". The irony is not lost. He totally spoils the movie. It's your quirky, oddball Depp movie that I love, and he drags it down, sapping all the fun out of it. There are certain parallels with Brando then and the Depp of the last 10 years, that is too obvious to ignore. Both seemingly became very bored with acting after becoming stupidly popular, and then began phoning it in, in paycheck movies!!Like Benny & Joon, this movie also had a hit single attached to it. The Bryan Adams track Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?I would have ranked it 8/10, but it loses a point for Brando.Don Juan Demarco was not a hit at the domestic box office. It was the 74th highest grossing movie of the year, with a domestic haul of $22 million against a $25 million budget.

One of the earliest films for Johnny Depp and very surprising. Thematically, the film is for the grown ups, but well made without too much sexual exploit. That means you can comfortably sit and watch with your family. This is not actually about Don Juan, but kind of 'The Fall'. I mean the flashback reveals everything and remains as a mystery.The story follows a man who himself declares the real Don Juan DeMarco, the greatest lover of the world. So he ends in a psychiatric centre for the treatment after trying to commit suicide. A doctor who is on the verge to retire set to treat him and when the DeMarco narrates his life story, the doctor too inspires to reinstate his romantic life. The remaining narration tells how they work out to solve the issue once for all.Not a masterpiece, but kind of interesting drama, particularly for how the film characters were drawn. And the story was built cleverly, till the final scene by giving out the viewers a positive message that worth living life to love and to be loved. So if you opt it for the title, not a bad choice, since the theme remains about the love, even the person you are looking for is not present. More like it is a metaphor, when it comes to the real Don Juan and the one in this film. Like people say god is everywhere, the love is as well and so the version/personality of Don Juan in every person.Johnny Depp was so good, an ideal person to play the title role. Marlon Brando was too great, in a simple way. The rest of the cast was not bad, but the entire film focused on these two than anybody else. It's been nearly 25 years since it came out, but I feel a remake would be not a bad idea with changes in the script. Todays writer and directors are clever at doing that, but it should come from a big banner with big names. Maybe Johnny Deep to play the doctor in the modern version. I hope some filmmakers read this and consider that. Meanwhile, it is a worthy film, so it a try.7/10

I recently watched this one again after having not seen it in quite a while and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was still one of the sweetest little movies I have ever seen, and for a person of my cynical nature that is really saying something. One of the secrets of this movie is the casting of Brando and Depp, two actors whom I consider to be "blank slates" and are thus quite adept at falling into and being believable in whatever role is given to them. I thought Brando in particular was sublime as the about-to-retire psychiatrist who appears to be rudderless regarding his impending life of retirement. Johnny Depp's character has some really beautifully-written lines, most of which are quoted on this site, from which we as men and husbands could learn a thing or two. Yes, it's plot is totally implausible but I'm begging you to buy in to the premise and let yourself get lost for a little while. I promise you that you will be holding your wife's hand almost before you know it!