Review of (500) Days of Summer (2009) by Chris L — 29 Jun 2014
When I first saw the title, I thought it's a story about a guy spending time with a girl for 500 days, which felt Summer to him. I am somehow correct after watching the movie. It is about a guy spending time with a girl named Summer for 500 days.
The movie had an amazing cinematography, editing and direction. It was brilliantly visualized and it had its eye candy moments.
The chemistry between Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel is excellent. The characters they played, Tom and Summer made them feel like they're a real couple without making them a rom-com couple.
The script from the brilliant screenwriters of The Fault in Our Stars and The Spectacular Now is really great and hence, why the visual art and the direction in this movie is amazing.
The plot and the concept is very clever and I could relate to it verywell. I relate to Tom so badly based on my own experience with a crush that I am no longer speaking terms with. And the plot twist where Summer is now married felt like a knife stabbed into my heart. I felt really bad for Tom and I see himself there as well.
The humor is the highlight of this movie and the comedic timing in this perfect for a movie like this.
Overall, I would love to see this movie again and again because it had the feels and the light-heartening moments with brillaint script, clever plot and amazing chemistry between the movie's stars.
This review of (500) Days of Summer (2009) was written by Chris L on 29 Jun 2014.
(500) Days of Summer has generally received very positive reviews.
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