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    4

    " A romance on the brink of reality."
    Country
    Runtime 1 hr 38 min
    Budget $13 000 000
    Premiere: World April 16, 1993
    Box Office – Budget $10 261 580
    Premiere: USA $23 261 580 April 16, 1993
    theaters 1314
    rollout 260 days
    Digital: World June 18, 2010
    Production Companies
    Also Known As
    Corazones en conflicto United States

    Description

    A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

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    The manga on which “Benny & Joon” (1993) is based

    There is no reliable information that “Benny & Joon” is based on any manga. In available references, the film is generally described as an original story/screenplay rather than an adaptation of a manga. Therefore, it isn’t possible to provide a specific manga title or an author as the source material.

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    Critique: 8

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    Empire Magazine June 17, 2020

    This is a wisp of a movie, to be sure, but underneath all the absurd comic fringes and the much-abused crazies-are-really-sane theme beats the...

    Austin Chronicle January 1, 2000

    Benny & Joon wears its sensitivity on its sleeve and though it’s a little hard to take at times, these actors make it all passable.

    Los Angeles Times June 17, 2020

    This sentimental stew is not without its flavors, and the cast tries hard to be winsome and adorably distraught.

    Newsweek June 6, 2018

    This fierce, smart jape gets you shaking with laughter, then leaves you simply shaking.

    Entertainment Weekly January 29, 2019

    Inconsequential as it is, Benny & Joon is that rare thing, a crazy-versus-sane movie that likes one kind as much as the other.

    RogerEbert.com January 1, 2000

    The movie suggests that love and magic can overcome madness, and for at least the length of the film I was prepared to accept that. Much of th...

    ReelViews January 1, 2000

    Benny & Joon tries to get by on quirkiness alone, and, while something this offbeat frequently carries a unique kind of appeal, it needs stron...

    Associated Press June 12, 2018

    There’s something vaguely unsettling about ''Benny & Joon,'' a film that’s billed innocuously as a ''charming, offbeat comedy'' th...

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    Quotes

    Having a Boo Radley moment, are we?

    You can’t throw me out. I live here.

    I made grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner.

    Some cultures are defined by their relationship to cheese.

    I don’t like raisins.

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    It turns out that Depp plays some Sam, not Benny or June :)

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    Watched

    It turns out that Depp was already attracted to weird blondes in the nineties. Seriously, the film is not without its charm, but the characters are developed so-so, and the plot is primitive. And yet the rating will be green. Minimal green, but green.

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    a very sweet and relatable take on mental illness packaged into a delightfully quirky rom-com. Depp has made a career of playing eccentric characters, so he naturally shines as Sam, a well-dressed oddball with a flair for physical comedy.

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    When the humor isn’t quite clear, but the film is very sweet and tender, it feels like a melodrama to me. Sam is a character in his own right, with both beauty and cruelty, just like June, and she’s portrayed well. It’s such a sweet impression, and the film’s message is to be yourself and enjoy life.

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