(500) Days of Summer

Name: (500) Days of Summer
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: July 17, 2009
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel

2009

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Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 17, 2009 | PG-13

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.

Director: Marc Webb

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 95 min

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Scott Knopf

You're going to hear a lot about 500 Days of Summer over the next few months. All of the good stuff is true. Any bad stuff you hear is not. Read full review

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J.R. Jones

Visually witty, flawlessly played romantic comedy. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Much like Annie Hall did for a previous generation, (500) Days of Summer may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

A funny, seductive, and surprisingly honest dramatization of the ways we snooker ourselves into incompatible love. Read full review

David Wiegand

An irresistible feel-good movie about love gone bad. Read full review

Robert Wilonsky

It's more like a love story in a blender. What is unexpected is the sincerity beneath the modest conceit that, yup, love hurts. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

An exhaustive and exhausting dissection of a relationship that was never all that promising in the first place. Read full review

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(anon)ymous

Aug 13, 2009

A very enjoyable movie all the way around. Zooey is a great actress, but I think Joseph really shined through in his performance.

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yaver

Jun 28, 2012

500 days of summer is an impressive story about dorian-gray-thinking woman, looking for new sensations. And Tom is an only new sensation continouing 500 days of summer.

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NilesH

Jan 22, 2010

Loved everything about this film.

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stephanie

Aug 10, 2009

Thought it was fun, fresh, and hip. Loved the direction and Joseph was great as acting, and Zoey for once wasnt monotone and dull...nice change of pace for a non-romantic comedy. By the way very very funny in a charming way.

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Tokyochuchu

May 5, 2014

5oo Days of Summer is an absolutely fantastic tale of a relationship gone wrong. The performances are excellent and the script is pretty much spot on. We've probably all been through the hell that Tom experiences in this movie. The only downside; that annoyingly cliched little sister.

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luigic

Jul 27, 2009

Tom - (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) meets Summer (Zooey Deschanel) and falls into an unrequited love story. Joseph Gordon-Levitt gives us Tom's pain an depth so that we are empathetic throughout. While 500 days of Summer is very entertaining. in some ways we are watching Tom die a slow death Tom - (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) meets Summer (Zooey Deschanel) and falls into an unrequited love story. Joseph Gordon-Levitt gives us Tom's pain an depth so that we are empathetic throughout. While 500 days of Summer is very entertaining. in some ways we are watching Tom die a slow death and we're feeling the effects of his suffering. Gordon-Levitt owns this movie and while the supporting cast doesn't get in the way they provide little additional value. Zooey Deschanel is very good but to no fault of her own pretty much any ingenue would have sufficed. All Deschanel has to do is show us why Tom would fall in love with Summer. She does that just fine. This is not a conventional unrequited love story. Sure we all know how it gets from point A to point B, but director Mark Webb gets us from beginning to end by showing us various milestones along the path. It makes the story much more interesting and while the ending is exactly what we expect - it makes getting there a lot more fun. Some minor quibbles - Tom's little sister becomes his sage in matters of the heart - and she's what - 12 years old? Though she does have the best advice for Tom - that maybe he's only pining over the good memories... Would have been much more cogent had it come from an adult who would have the maturity and experience to provide such wisdom. I really enjoyed 500 Days of Summer - our hearts get yanked around just like Tom's. And Summer is the girl we all hope our sons don't meet on their way from Point A to Point B.… Expand

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AustinW

Jul 25, 2009

One of the most trite, pretentious, awful movies I have seen in a long time. I wish I had walked out.

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