(500) Days of Summer
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76 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

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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. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    80
    A romantic comedy that feels like real life.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    The writing is often clever and the overall production playful and intelligent.
  4. 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: 152 out of 183
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 183
  3. Negative: 24 out of 183
  1. RobergS
    9
    Ultimately this movie was painful. Both leads are exceptional actors and because of this I really felt the pain with Tom as he navigated through this doomed stretch of time known as 500 Days of Summer. I'm glad he was willing to give the idea of destiny a second chance, but for many people his experience would just be too painful to let go quickly. Summer was a dream. So much that Tom was lead blindly and he paid the price. She really was a dream.… Expand
  2. TheDailyProphet
    8
    There are so many romantic comedies out there that don't even deserve to be called romantic COMEDIES, because what is the first rule in comedy? To make people laugh. Have you ever actually laughed while watching some Jennifer Aniston garbage? Me neither.

    Now "(500) Days of Summer" is a rare comedy that actually DOES make you laugh and it makes you laugh a lot. I give a lot of credit to that.

    And it's story is pretty good as well: The big love story is being told backwards with interesting twists, turns and other stuff you just gotta see.

    As a whole, I'd say that "(500) Days of Summer" is a very good film to watch, especially to those who have given up on the idea that a romantic comedy can be good.    … Expand
  3. GrahamR
    7
    A very likable film with an endearing charm. Deschanel is as delightful as ever.
  4. MariekeW.
    2
    This film was horrible. Trite. Anything you see here, you should have seen elsewhere, unless, a) you are 12 and haven't seen any of the great films of our time, or b) you are in need of identifying with zooey deschanel's cultivated quirk of detachment. There was nothing novel about the segments that one could tell were meant to stand out. When they say "it's been done before", it may not be apt, but in this case it is, because it's been done better. Don't waste your time and energy watching a train-wreck romance....wait for it...crash...when that's all it could ever do. This movie is a sketch of an empty shell of a relationship, without any character development. Nothing to hold onto after it tips you into the void. And no, that's not directorial irony.… Expand

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