The Movie Review: '(500) Days of Summer' Christopher Orr. Zooey Deschanel with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days Of Summer T he glassy-eyed, almost sinister prettiness of Zooey Deschanel colours the spacey, detached mood of this romantic tragicomedy. July 24, 2009 . Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. It’s been done to emo death. “500 Days of Summer” is a film based on the relationship between a man and a woman in their mid-twenties. "500 Days of Summer" is a movie that works that way. We start near the end, and then hop around between the times that were good and the times that left pain. Jason Solomons talks to (500) Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and to the star of new eco-swimming film Big River Man. In the opening seen, the omniscient narrator warns the audience of … 500 Days of Summer poster I n 1977, Annie Hall, Woody Allen's greatest success, created an influential sub-species of the romantic comedy, the freewheeling "relationship movie". I haven't seen a romance this touching since I was the same type of single sad sack as depicted by the hero of (500) Days of Summer. Single-Disc Blu-Ray Review: For an indie film, “(500) Days of Summer” is jam-packed with extras. Greeting card writer Tom (Gordon-Levitt) falls in love with the new admin assistant Summer (Deschanel). Boy meets girl, boy loses girl. 500 Days of Summer (stylized as (500) Days of Summer) is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film by first-time director Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. In the opening seen, the omniscient narrator warns the audience of … (500) Days Of Summer is the cinematic equivalent of a song. "(500) Days of Summer" is a lighthearted autopsy of a love gone sour from a strictly male point of view. That’s why the sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) Days of Summer hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. As the narrator of “(500) Days of Summer” tells us in its opening, “This is not a love story.” That may be but it’s certainly one that’s in love with its own storytelling. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life. “500 Days of Summer” is a film based on the relationship between a man and a woman in their mid-twenties. Original, quirky and utterly delightful, 500 Days of Summer is a ray of genuine cinematic sunshine coming at the end of a blockbuster season that's been clouded with generic tosh. Link Copied (500) Days of Summer is a story of boy meets girl, but it is not a … Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has his radar up for "the girl of his dreams" when he meets Summer (Zooey Deschanel). "(500) Days of Summer" is a lighthearted autopsy of a love gone sour from a strictly male point of view. We never remember in chronological order, especially when we’re going back over a failed romance. People always say “start at the beginning,” but we didn’t know at the time it was the beginning. 500 Days of Summer (stylized as (500) Days of Summer) is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film by first-time director Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. (500) Days of Summer is a romantic comedy for those who don't often like romantic comedies. One of 2009's best films, (500) Days of Summer proved there is a way to bring something fresh and new to one of the most cliche and often frustrating genres – the romantic comedy. Or, to put it another way, it's for those who appreciate the emotions but are unenthusiastic about the clichés and formulas that contribute to the cookie-cutter results.