Grimossfer
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Jenna Walter
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
willeasyer
Before today I've never got the chance to watch it and focus on it from beginning to end, so I needed to give it a nice watch because I genuinely identify it plus I love the smiths, and I've been waiting to find that sparkle of true love since ever. Besides the obviosity of its visual beauty, excellent directing, writing and music it's a movie that describes what's like to be in love in a non conventional way, where the characters aren't the main subject. It's mainly about love and all phases of relationships with all its ups and downs and in such a stunning detail starting from the secret crush to honeymoon phase until reality catches up. It's about true love, and how unexpected and random it is, it can never be planned it just happens. That's why it touched me on a personal level if a relationship is over it means it wasn't the right one yet the most important thing is moving on and focusing on oneself and love will come at the right time without rush and that's what happened to Tom.
classicsoncall
Being well removed from the target audience for a film like this, I can only say I tolerated it for the purpose of posting a review, recommended as a Top 250 Movie for 2009, the year it was released. Like a lot of teenage/young adult heart throb stories, they're usually a one-shot affair as it's present rating wouldn't make the cutoff for the current year's listing. It's not that I have anything against films like this, I just find them mediocre at best with not a lot to say about anything, unless you're someone of the same age dealing with the kind of coming of age issues as Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Summer (Zooey Deschanel). I thought their portrayals were good by the way, though the way Summer came across seemed like she didn't care about herself very much the way she entered her non-relationship with Tom. And the way Tom burned his bridges at the greeting card company more than anything displayed his own immaturity. He would need a new job referral, wouldn't he? The one creative effort in the picture I liked was the split screen, Expectations/Reality scenario which diverged and and then dovetailed back on itself during the party scene. The split screen technique isn't new, but I don't think I've seen it used that way before. Before seeing this movie, for the life of me I couldn't figure out how the five hundred days of summer was going to play out in the story, never thinking that it might have been a character's name. But at the finale, I had a pretty good idea what the new girl's name would be, because after all, what comes after summer. In Tom's case, we'll never know if he found true happiness with Autumn, or if he was headed for a big fall.
sheikhmasudrana
I was wishing I Will see a happy ending...most of this kind of movie is normally ends well...Yes they tried but it's sad so so sad...We don't need Autumn..we need summer..If all the love story goes like this then what's the point of all this soul mate or LOVE thing...I am saying from my heart watch this movie but don't give up on LOVE...I am not giving up....We shall not Give up...The movie is well written and directed ..all cast and crew did an amazing job...but still I am telling it's a sad movie...Thanks
ruby765
I hadn't been able to understand this title, "500 Days of Summer", before watching this movie because I'd never thought "Summer" doesn't mean the season but a person's name… This movie is about a man's growth through a woman whose name is Summer. I don't like her, though, because she looks like she trifles with his feelings.I sometimes feel irritated and confused that the days skip rapidly in 500 days and their relationship changes significantly, but I also think that's a fresh and nice idea. It says it's not a love story, but it is. If we don't say it's a love story, what should be called a love story? It makes us think about what happiness is, what love is, or what destiny is.Also, I'm really surprised at the ending. It got me! What's the next of Summer…?
