(500) Days of Summer

This is not a love story. This is a story about love.

(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (12)

D: Marc Webb

Fox Searchlight/Watermark (Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Mason Novick & Steven J. Wolfe)

USA 🇺🇸 2009

91 mins

Comedy/Romance

W: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

DP: Eric Steelberg

Ed: Alan Edward Bell

Mus: Mychael Danna & Rob Simonsen

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom Hansen), Zooey Deschanel (Summer), Chloë Grace Moretz (Rachel), Matthew Gray Gubler (Paul), Geoffrey Arend (McKenzie)

Not a love story, but still very much a story about love, this ingenious spin on romantic comedies features a non-linear narrative charting a seamingly random series of events during a 500 day relationship between a principled greetings card artist and a frivilous receptionist.

While some of the scenes feature a rather misogynistic view of the battle of the sexes, Zooey Deschanel brings realism to a character who might seem overly ditzy or infuriating to others. Very well conceived, reasonably realistic with the addition of a great soundtrack. What's not to like?

8/10

Zooey Deschanel & Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days of Summer