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(500) Days of Summer
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76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critics What's this?

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 372 Ratings

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  • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel
  • Summary: This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of 500 Days of Summer, and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true to life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why.
  2. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    100
    Much like the actual summer (the season, not the character), we never wanted it to end.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    50
    Ultimately, the best thing about (500) Days of Summer isn't its gimmicky script. It's the constant performance of Gordon-Levitt, who shifts, scene-by-scene, from moments of ebullience to abject dejection.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 128 out of 157
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 157
  3. Negative: 23 out of 157
  1. NilesH
    10
    Loved everything about this film.
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. AdamC.
    5
    I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but I cannot recommend this film simply because the female lead is completely unlikeable. Zooey Deschanel plays an absorbed woman who toys with a guy's emotions as if she is a maestro conducting a symphony. The ending of the movie does not resolve the bitter taste that her character leaves behind. Honestly, I wanted a bus to run her over, gently, of course.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  3. shaunmed
    1
    the most depressing movie i have seen in a long time. if you want to see a guy be depressed for 90 minutes and have his heart torn out of his ass, this is the movie for you.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes

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