Benny & Joon

1993
PG
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

63K

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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.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

63K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

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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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Featured review

9/10

Warm, engrossing film about real people

I doubt that I can add much to all the good things said about this film. Acting is superb, as is writing and direction, which keep the story from ever seeming "cute". It is never condescending about mentally ill; I love line where Joon corrects Benny's score keeping of a ping-pong game:" the mentally ill can count, you know". Both serious and comic, like life. Imagine, a good film without violence, drug life, car chases or sex. See it.