Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

Release date: 1995-04-07
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Jeremy Leven
Production Co: New Line Cinema, American Zoetrope, Juno Pix
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 1h 37min

Storyline

Well-respected psychiatrist Dr. Jack Mickler is only 10 days away from his retirement. A week before he is due to leave, he encounters a young man who attempts suicide--would be a pretty straightforward case except the young man claims to be Don Juan, the fabled Spanish nobleman and world renowned seducer/lover of woman. Despite original hostility from his co-workers, Jack manages to persuade his associates to put the youth in his care for 10 days after which the youth will undergo an evaluation to be either released from psychiatric care or sent to a mental institution. However, as the 10 days progresses, Dr. Mickler and the other staff become gradually drawn into to the young man's exotic world of love, passion and pleasure as he recounts his story to them. Whilst doing so the man's philosophies and zeal for life and love begins to revive Dr. Mickler's somewhat passionless relationship with his wife, Marilyn as well as challenging his own views and ethics to the point where both he ...

Plot Keywords

psychiatrist, self discovery, deception, sensuality, seduction, mental illness, marriage, doctor patient relationship, depression, fantasy becomes reality, female nudity, mistaken identity, sex scene, attempted suicide, character name as title, retirement, patient, mental institution, harem, psychoanalysis

Short Review

The film has its slow patches, and its fragile illusion probably doesn't stand up to close scrutiny. But, mostly, it dances on a very fine knife's edge between charm and absurdity, an irresistible paean to the art of kiss-kiss.