Don Juan DeMarco Movie Review 1994

Burned-out clinical psychiatrist Dr. Jack Meckler (Brando) is romantically inspired by a cape-wearing, suicidal man-child from Queens (Depp), who thinks he's legendary lover Don Juan. Delusional Depp recounts, in a convincing Castilian accent, thousands of conquests as the sympathetic shrink decides it's time to bring some spice to his own ho-hum life and marriage (to Dunaway). Depp turns in a sincere, engaging performance that avoids the huge potential for melodrama and compensates for inconsistent pacing. Brando and Dunaway make a charmingly quirky couple. Watch for slain Tejano queen Selena in a musical interlude.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Shrinks, Swashbucklers, Mistaken Identity, Marriage

Screenplay

Jeremy Leven

Cast

Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Pailhas, Rachel Ticotin, Bob (Robert) Dishy, Talisa Soto

Cinematography

Ralf Bode

Director

Jeremy Leven

Music

Michael Kamen

Producer

Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Patrick Palmer, Ruth Vitale, Michael De Luca, American Zoetrope, New Line Cinema