When America wants a slice of offbeatzestyindiecharm, they go to Zooey Deschanel - after all, she's no ordinary actress, she's a Quirky Actress. Likewise, 500 Days of Summer is no ordinary Rom-Com; it's a Quirky Rom-Com. Actually, it would (and does) tell you that it's not that romantic at all - so pretensions to a Quirky Anti-Rom-Com, then ... determined to carve out a none too crowded niche, it's more or less made one up for itself. Does it work? Kind of - there are more hits than misses across the course of the five hundred days, at least. The story itself is pretty formulaic, if a tad more bittersweet than the norm; boy meets girl, boys falls in ...  Read the complete review

We had this film come through from our Love Film subscription. I think that my daughter had logged in and tweaked the list as this wasn't something myself or my husband would have chosen. However, we decided to watch it on Saturday evening as a family as so this is my review of the dvd. This 2009 film was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber and directed by Marc Webb and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel both of whom are actors and musicians. **The plot** When I first saw the title I presumed it was a rom/com about a relationship during 500 summer days but in fact it is about the 500 days of the on/off relationship ...  Read the complete review

5OO Days Of Summer is, at best, a strange film that covers one guy's 500 day obsession with a girl known as Summer who works in his office at a Greetings Card Company. The film covers all things humourous, quirky and fun that occur in a close relationship between two people but also goes on to examine what happens when love goes unrecipocrated and eventually dissolves away until one person is left with nothing at all but memories. We've all been there guys, fallen for someone who just doesn't quite love you back as much, and this film takes a good, deep look at how one person, a young character named Tom, attempts to deal with such a situation, sometimes well, sometimes .  Read the complete review

After seeing the trailer back in 2009 when it came out, this is a film I'd wanted to watch for some time. I finally bought it last week and ended up watching it yesterday evening. ~Plot ~ The idea the film centres around is pretty simple. It is about the relationship of Tom and Summer, a pair of young twenty-somethings who meet at work one day. He believes in true love, whereas she thinks it's just a fantasy. The film maps out their relationship over 500 days, hopping back and forth out of sequence to unravel their story. ~Cast~ The two protagonists, played by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were fairly unknown to me, as were ...  Read the complete review

I was never really sure of this movie but heard good things about it and love both the leads, so thought I'd watch it for their acting at the very least, though in the end actually quite enjoyed it! ~~~DVD COVER~~~ The cover features Joseph Gordon Levitt wearing a T-shirt with scenes from the movie~ compared to the US version posters and DVD cover, this is definitely not as enticing nor as representative of the plot. ~~~THOUGHTS ON PLOT~~~ Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon Levitt) believes in true love. Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) does not. When Tom meets Summer, it is love at first sight and he feels she is "the one". But Summer is ...  Read the complete review