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Benny & Joon
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Benny & Joon is a 1993 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. The cast includes Aidan Quinn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Johnny Depp, and Julianne Moore. The story follows a mentally ill young woman who finds love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton. The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Roth/Arnold Productions.
Filming took place in Spokane and Metaline Falls. The movie has a runtime of 98 minutes and is rated PG. It was distributed by Netflix via video on demand. The original language is English, with music composed by Rachel Portman and cinematography by John Schwartzman.
The film received various review scores, including a 76% rating, a 5.8/10 score, and a 57/100 Metascore. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1 from 64,147 votes. The production earned a revenue of 23,202,734 and received four nominations total.
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Film · TMDB
7.0A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Sam
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Juniper 'Joon' Pearl
- Aidan Quinn as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- Julianne Moore as Ruthie
- Oliver Platt as Eric
- CCH Pounder as Dr. Garvey
Themes
- sibling relationship
- autism
- car garage
- eccentric
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
64,147 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- physical comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jeremiah S. Chechik
- Cast member
- Julianne Moore
- Composer
- Rachel Portman
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- John Schwartzman
- Filming location
- Metaline Falls
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 964802
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-07-22
- Commons category
- Benny & Joon
- title
- Benny & Joon
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Carol Littleton
- review score
- 57/100
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