Movie Review- (500) Days of Summer

It's simply amazing. It's like someone just took all my past relationships and wrote a movie about it. And that movie was freakin' awesome!

"(500) Days of Summer" is a great look at the various stages of the A-typical relationship. The meeting, the first date, the honeymoon period, the nose dive into monotony, and then the eventual downfall. Though a movie, it captured the realism of relationships so well that it almost looked more like nonfiction. The mix of that realism and truly sincere comedic moments make this film one of the best of 2009.

PLOT:
Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a hopeless romantic who falls in love with unconventional free-spirit Summer (Zooey Deschanel) after she begins working at the same company as him.

Pros:
As i stated earlier, the sense of realism blended perfectly with a comedic twist on the a not-so-modern tale of the development of a relationship, gives this film a leg up. The pace of the film, the timing, and really solid acting performances from Levitt and Deschanel add to the appeal of the movie. The characters grow and develop naturally and with ease. Deschanel and Levitt have good chemistry and adding to how well their characters mesh. Nothing happens in this story that makes you think it's outrageous or unrealistic to the actual human experience, and that's a good thing. So many movies that delve into relationship change it to the point that it's unrealistic to the actual course of a story, in turn making the story less appealing. This film doesn't do that.

Cons:
The only qualm i have with this film is that it was hard to keep up with the days. Early on it shows what happens to them 200 -some odd days after initially meeting eachother, and then backtracks to the early days. Then they fast forward again and makes it, at times, difficult to figure out what stage in their relationship the couple is on.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Scott Neustadter
Michael H. Weber

Directed by:
Marc Webb

Main Cast"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Angels in the Outfield", "G.I. Joe")
Zooey Deschanel ("Yes Man", "The Happening")
Geoffrey Arend ("Super Troopers", "Garden State")
Chloe Moretz ("The Eye", "Bolt")
Matthew Gray Gubler ("Alvin and the Chipmunks", "RV")
Clark Gregg ("One Hour Photo", "Iron Man")

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