Released: 2009
MPAA rating: PG-13
Running time: 1:35
I think I should have loved “(500) Days of Summer”. It has all of the elements: a great script, a different take on romantic comedy and an excellent cast. For some reason, I did not love it as much as I expected to. Perhaps the main plot-line of a one-side romance was too relatable to my teenage years. Right up front, you are told that this is a story of boy-meets-girl, but this is not a love story. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) writes greeting cards for a living and becomes smitten with Summer (Zooey Deschanel). The movie follows their relationship, jumping around in a non-linear way. Summer lets him know early on that she does not believe in love and certainly not marriage. While he seems to be OK with that (while not fully accepting it as possible), their friendship grows until they eventually become “friends with benefits”. This is where the movie becomes agonizing (probably intentionally so), as you can see Tom is deeply in love with Summer and Summer does not feel the same way. I don’t know if this was intentional, but as the movie played on, I found myself starting to truly hate Summer. Deschanel plays her as sweet as punch, but the fact that she has no problem with stringing him along, knowing how he feels about her actually made me angry. Perhaps it hit too close to home with my younger days!! A lot of people love this movie and I can sort of see why, but for me? It didn’t quite live up to the hype.
Grade: B-
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