A chick flick for guys, a workplace comedy in the Billy Wilder/Cameron Crowe mold, a new spin on a familiar genre, "500 Days" was one of the best films I saw at Sundance.
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07/16/09
500 Days of Summer (2009)
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Reviews Counted:185
Fresh:161
Rotten:24
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: A clever, offbeat romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer is refreshingly honest and utterly charming.
Theatrical Release:02-09-2009
Synopsis: Fans of HIGH FIDELITY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND will be charmed by this quirky film that sheds a linear plot in favor of a memory-driven look at a failed romance. Joseph... [More]
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly
Director: Marc Webb
Reviews for 500 Days of Summer
141 - 160 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A fresh July breeze among recent (and mostly stale) romantic-comedy offerings.
07/16/09
If only some sharp-eyed script editor had run 500 Days through the de-sappifying machine, it could have been the first great romantic comedy of 2009.
07/16/09
...an excellent date film aimed at those beyond the usual tweenie audience.
07/16/09
The ending is tidy and way too cute, but (500) Days is otherwise a different kind of love story: an honest one that takes a piece out of you.
07/16/09
...ends on a meets cutesy note, but what comes before is a giddily original take on the sentiment that 'love is blind.'
07/16/09
Even if (500) Days of Summer isn't truly great, it is great fun, from its fresh view of Los Angeles to its use of music to its charming leads.
07/16/09
The movie charmed me enough to send me out smiling, and I can see younger filmgoers taking it very much to heart.
07/16/09
Marc Webb's first feature-length film is an odd romantic comedy, but it's a romantic comedy nonetheless -- and a non-excruciating one at that.
07/16/09
Funny, poignant and uncommonly perceptive, growing all the more so the longer one thinks about it.
07/16/09
It goes down smoothly, thanks in large part to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s grounded lead performance and Marc Webb’s slick direction, but it seems like every other scene coughs up a dispiriting cliché.
07/16/09
Grazes on the fields of Gen-Y trends and '80's nostalgia to fatten itself to such a degree, it would be impossible to notice the material is only a few menopausal jokes away from your average Nora Ephron film.
07/16/09
An experiment you have to admire for the risks it takes even while being disappointed that it doesn't quite come off.
07/16/09
While perhaps a tad too quirky for its own good, this is still one of the best, most insightful romantic comedies in a very long time.
07/16/09
Highlighted by sparkling performances by Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt, everything about this movie is terrific.
07/16/09
The writing is often clever and the overall production playful and intelligent.
07/16/09
Top CriticBoy gets girl and boy loses girl in convoluted, sometimes cloying but ultimately winning fashion in 500 Days of Summer.
07/16/09
Top CriticIn romance, we believe what we want to believe. That’s the reason 500 Days of Summer is so appealing.
07/16/09
Top CriticPerfect casting and all-around craftsmanship make this delightful, music-fueled contemporary rumination on a big-city romance a big summer surprise.
07/16/09
[Joseph] Gordon-Levitt's performance is reason enough to recommend this movie ... sure to become a cornerstone of a wildly promising career
07/15/09
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