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Benny & Joon (1993)

★ 7.0 · 819 ratings on TMDB

A romance on the brink of reality.

Benny & Joon poster★ 7.0

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

DirectorJeremiah S. Chechik
CastAidan Quinn, CCH Pounder, Dan Hedaya, Joe Grifasi, Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Benny & Joon keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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