Benny & Joon

1993
PG
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

63K

YOUR RATING

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

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

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

63K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

Trivia
Johnny Depp did all of the stunts for the physical comedy sequence in the park himself.

Goofs
When Joon plays poker, she asks for two cards--one can be seen as being a black card. When she shows her hand, she has five hearts.

Quotes
Sam: You don't like raisins?
Joon: Not really.
Sam: Why?
Joon: They used to be fat and juicy and now they're twisted. They had their lives stolen. Well, they taste sweet, but really they're just humiliated grapes. I can't say I am a big supporter of the raisin council.
Sam: Did you see those, those raisins on TV? The ones that sing and dance and stuff?
Joon: They scare me.
Sam: Yeah me too
Joon: It's sick. The commercial people they make them sing and dance so people will eat them.
Sam: It's a shame about raisins.
Joon: Cannibals.
Sam: Yeah. Do you like avocados?
Joon: They're a fruit you know.
Sam: Ruthie, do you got any avocados?

Connections
Featured in MGM/UA Home Video Laserdisc Sampler (1990)

Soundtracks
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Written by Charlie Reid (as Charles Reid) and Craig Reid
Performed by The Proclaimers
Courtesy of EMI Records Group/Chrysalis Records
by arrangement with CEMA Special Markets

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Review

Featured review

10/10

Feeling good movie

I had one of the worst days in my life as I came home to see this promising movie. And yet at the beginning as I heard the Proclaimers with "500 Miles" (I don't know why)I felt better. I knew this film was gonna be something very special. And it kept what it promised. This is the perfect movie if you feel terribly down.