An endearing, well-acted film that takes a conventional premise and turns it into something wonderfully unconventional.
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
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Reviews Counted:201
Fresh:174
Rotten:27
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: A clever, offbeat romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer is refreshingly honest and utterly charming.
Theatrical Release: Jul 17, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $32.1M
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly
Director: Marc Webb
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REVIEWS FOR (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
Sweet and cute, but capable of so much more.
May 7, 2010
Hopefully writers Neustadter and Weber have already got another project in the works.
Apr 15, 2010
This is the movie The Breakup was advertised to be.
Apr 12, 2010
Gimmicky love story that's not saved by its bittersweet ending. Acting is more than just cooing with your eyes. It seemed like 500 days allright. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Feb 10, 2010
The film's bruised yet clear-eyed romanticism is refreshing to find in a genre that often settles for something less than truthful or passionate.
Jan 31, 2010
... it does a nice job of charting the rise and fall of a relationship with heart, soul and a recognition that it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
Jan 10, 2010
We have been trained by Hollywood to react a certain way to a certain kind of movie and 500 Days of Summer seeks to un-train us through shock therapy.
Jan 6, 2010
Abound conventions and the occasional nugget of overwrought wit threaten, but fail, to cripple the leads' revelatory sincerity.
Jan 4, 2010
Una irresistible comedia romántica que desafía algunas convenciones del género, gracias a un tratamiento fresco y original, una deliciosa banda sonora y dos protagonistas perfectos.
Jan 1, 2010
The two leads are as quirky and likable as the movie itself.
Dec 24, 2009
full review at Movies for the Masses
Dec 10, 2009
A kind of Woody Allen comedy but without the jokes. Lots of cultural signifiers to make ivy league couples on a date feel at home, but totally lacking in substance.
Dec 7, 2009
A near perfect genre defying representation of relationships, infatuation, and getting over the first real love of your life...
Dec 7, 2009
The film revels in the hip witticisms that swim mostly inside a writer's head but never come forth in the real world with the timing and execution seen here.
Dec 6, 2009
At last, here's a movie that takes the wimpy, tortured, hopelessly-in-love boys from the other movies and tells them to grow up.
Nov 24, 2009
This is a story that most people can probably relate to, unless you are one of those lucky people never to have been on the losing end of the game of love.
Oct 29, 2009
Le tout est exécuté avec un tel enthousiasme que nous ne pouvons que nous laisser emporter par cette vague on ne peut plus rafraîchissante, et surtout profondément désarmante.
Oct 12, 2009
a nicely played but all-too-preciously eccentric romance
Sep 20, 2009
500 Days of Summer never quite convinces, despite the charm of the leads. This is wannabe indie, and these two Hollywood names are too 'big' to play beautiful nobodies navigating a heart-wrenching misunderstanding.
Sep 17, 2009
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January 27, 2009:
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January 22, 2009:
From 500 Days of Summer to The Spectacular Now
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