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(500) Days of Summer (2009)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 207
Fresh: 180 | Rotten: 27

A clever, offbeat romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer is refreshingly honest and utterly charming.

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 4

A clever, offbeat romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer is refreshingly honest and utterly charming.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in director Marc Webb's wry, nonlinear romantic comedy about a man who falls head over heels for a woman who doesn't believe in love. Tom (Gordon-Levitt) is an aspiring architect who currently earns his living as a greeting card writer. Upon encountering his boss' beautiful new secretary, Summer (Deschanel), Tom discovers that the pair have plenty in common despite the fact that she's seemingly out of his league; for starters, they both love the

PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Marc Webb

Written By: Scott Neustadter, Michael Weber

In Theaters: Jul 17, 2009 Wide

On DVD: Dec 22, 2009

Box Office:$32.1M

Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Critic Reviews for (500) Days of Summer

All Critics (207) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (182) | Rotten (27) | DVD (9)

It's very smooth and well done; Marc Webb clearly has a solid visual eye and natural sense of pacing.

May 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Film.com

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Laremy Legel

Film.com

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It isn't Hugh and Andie or Meg and whomever, but (500) Days offers hope that Hollywood can pass that romance baton to somebody other than the crude crew of the Kappa Alpha Apatow frat house.

July 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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The film's postmodern path takes us through touching, tender, hilarious territory before winding up at the most beguiling part of any love story. The beginning.

July 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

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This is movie magic most unexpected.

July 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

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[A] visually witty, flawlessly played romantic comedy.

July 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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This movie has flighty warmth. It makes delirious use of one of Hall & Oates' boppiest tunes. It has a bluebird of happiness, for crying out loud.

July 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Denver Post

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Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

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As Summer, Zooey Deschanel is an enchanting, blue-eyed mixture of nearness and distance. You can see why Tom loves her, even as she stomps on his heart.

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile

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Neil Pond

American Profile Source: American Profile

You've seen this movie before (just usually with a fakey big-kiss ending; extra points here for the blunt honesty about breakups) but this one is just right for Right Now.

April 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com

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Dave White

Movies.com

(500) Days of Summer is as close to perfect as a movie gets. A highly subjective claim? Sure, but so are all movie reviews, and this is hardly the time to get into that argument.

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix

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Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

Zany visuals and spirited performances makes 500 Days of Summer an entertaining chronicle of the making and breaking of a modern secular relationship.

August 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

An endearing, well-acted film that takes a conventional premise and turns it into something wonderfully unconventional.

June 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Sweet and cute, but capable of so much more.

May 7, 2010 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Hopefully writers Neustadter and Weber have already got another project in the works.

April 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire

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Sam Bathe

Fan The Fire

This is the movie The Breakup was advertised to be.

April 12, 2010 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com

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Kevin A. Ranson

MovieCrypt.com

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.

February 10, 2010 Full Review Source: CNNRadio

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Paul Chambers

CNNRadio

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.

January 31, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

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Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

... 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.

January 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

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.

January 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com

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Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

Abound conventions and the occasional nugget of overwrought wit threaten, but fail, to cripple the leads' revelatory sincerity.

January 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth

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Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

Una irresistible comedia rom�ntica que desaf�a algunas convenciones del g�nero, gracias a un tratamiento fresco y original, una deliciosa banda sonora y dos protagonistas perfectos.

January 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

The director has his own flirtation issues, as he teases audiences with his unconventional hide-and-seek uncommitted lovebird chronicle, while Zooey's got to do charming when dumping her gloomy boy toy prey over a plate of pancakes.

December 31, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

The two leads are as quirky and likable as the movie itself.

December 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoey Deschanel do a wonderful job in this off beat completely different romantic comedy. One thats strikes more to the reality of the complicated way love works than many others in the genre.

July 10, 2010

John Manard

Super Reviewer

"Narrator: 'You should know upfront, this is not a love story.' And that's when I knew I needed backup," my sister said to me as she pulled me into our theatrette to watch 500 Days of Summer with her. It's a mature reminder of how fragile, one-sided, temperamental and all-consuming love can be, and also just a really

September 28, 2011

Letitia Lew

Super Reviewer

(500) Days of Summer Quotes

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1. Summer Finn: ...And I just kept thinking, Tom was right.
2. Tom: [smiles] No.
3. Summer Finn: [laughs] Yeah, I did. I did.
4. Summer Finn: [serious] It just wasn't me that you were right about.
– Submitted by Julie Y (6 days ago)
1. Tom: Well, my name's Tom.
2. Girl at Interview: Nice to meet you. I'm Autumn.
– Submitted by Michael C (11 days ago)
1. Vance: Misery, sadness, loss of faith, no reason to live... This is perfect for you.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (39 days ago)
1. Tom: People buy cards 'cause they can't say how they feel, or they're afraid to. We provide the service that lets them off the hook.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (39 days ago)
1. Tom: What happened? Why - why didn't they work out?
2. Summer Finn: What always happens. Life.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (39 days ago)

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