Johansson’s gum-chewing New Jersey princess, meanwhile, has her own way of objectifying members of the opposite sex. A fan of Hollywood romance, she is confident in her own beauty and in what she feels that entitles her to. Too smart to become just another notch on Don’s bedpost, she starts remoulding him into the man of her dreams, and they embark on a relationship without ever questioning if this is what they want – more in love with their own expectations than each other. Until Don meets the eccentric, troubled Esther (Julianne Moore), who gives him some new perspectives on his attitudes to porn, to women – and to his life.