(500) Days Of Summer

(500) Days Of Summer
2009 - Fox Searchlight
Directed By Marc Webb



SYNOPSIS

Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has fallen in love with his co-worker Summer (Zooey Deschanel.) He knows she's the one he's supposed to spend the rest of his life with but she doesn't believe love exists and doesn't want a boyfriend... and their relationship is doomed.



MY THOUGHTS

(500) Days of Summer is a unique, fresh and excellent take on the romantic comedy genre.
We're told from the outset that the relationship won't work out. This combined with the non-lineal story adds a much more creative aspect to a tired genre. Since we know they're not going to work out, you focus more on the relationship, trying to pick out what went wrong, why and when.

Unlike many romantic comedies, the characters of Tom and Summer seem like real people living in the real world. This is due to an excellent and intelligent script and superb performances by the leads.
Both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel have built up excellent indie film resumes over the past decade and with the success of this film have hopefully broken through to the mainstream, so we can see their amazing talents more often (though lets hope they stay in Indie film because that's still where the best parts lie.)

The film has many laugh-out-loud moments and the humor sometimes hits the infantile/toilet humor variety which is even funnier than normal because you wouldn't expect it in a film like this.

(500) Days of Summer should appeal to just about everyone and is well worth checking out.