(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (2009) RetroReview
David the Bruce • May 29, 2020
One of the Best "Romance" Films Ever Made!
This film tackles directly certain topics that other romantic comedies seem to only hint around about.
Questions like:
--Is there really such a thing as ‘the one?’
--And, if there is, what happens if you lose her?
--What do you do now?
--Can you still believe in love?
--Do your beliefs about love change?
“We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say a thing.” -- Dave Matthews Band
Release Date:
July 17, 2009 (limited)
Studio:
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director:
Marc Webb
Screenwriter:
Scott Neustadter, Michael Weber
Starring:
Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Rachel Boston, Matthew Gray Gubler, Chloe Moretz
Genre:
Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 (for sexual material and language)
Official Website:
FoxSearchlight.com/500DaysofSummer
Plot Summary:
This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be -- it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom (Gordon-Levitt), a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer (Zooey Deschanel) dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days "together" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.
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